Spooling up to start overhead training? Reely confused on all the guideline terminology? (See what I did there?). Let’s spend a few moments clearing up the different types of line handling devices, their uses, and advantages/disadvantages to each type. Types of line handling devices There are two basic types of line handling devices – reels …
STAYING CONNECTED – A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO LINES IN CAVE DIVING Read More »
Perhaps you are cave-curious, looking for the next adventure, or wanting to try something new to broaden your tech diving skills. Whatever your reason may be for deciding to swim into a hole in the earth, you should have a reasonable expectation of what you are getting into. I know I am writing this article …
In the 1960’s, dry cave explorers in the UK became the first “sidemount divers” when they began clipping scuba cylinders to their caving harnesses as a means to cross sumps, or water-filled cave passages. Over the past 50 years, countless divers and equipment manufacturers have developed and refined sidemount diving and configurations through trial and …
Imagine yourself at a nice restaurant. Everyone is well-dressed, there are linen napkins on the tables, mood lighting, decorative flowers, the whole bit. Now imagine one of the diners haphazardly crossing the room – stepping on someone’s foot, knocking over a vase of flowers….you get the idea. Later, the same guy tries to take a …
There are many benefits to enriched air scuba diving, with the right training. On today’s dive boats, you’d be hard-pressed not to see one or two of the telltale green and yellow tanks that announce the presence of nitrox, or oxygen-enriched air, which has been used in recreational diving for decades. Every major training agency …