By Reilly Fogarty. Photo credits as noted. Limited technology, an absolute dearth of reproducible data, and the need for a...
Header image courtesy of Derk Remmers. 🎶Pre-Dive Clicklist: Put It Where You Want It by the Crusaders 🎶🎶 Tech divers have been interested in personalized decompression since the...
In an era where tech divers routinely experiment on themselves, the notion that hyperbaric scientists did the same to support WWII’s D-day effort may not seem...
Unfortunately, it’s hard to make a business case for treating divers versus wound and burn care victims. As a result, many hyperbaric chambers in the US...
Divers still seek comfort in the notion of the “underserved” hit to explain unexpected incidents of decompression sickness. “Hey, my computer said I was fine.” NOT....
Mark Cowan’s new book, which was released last summer, Between The Devil and The Deep, delved into the ordeal of British cave instructor Martin Robson, who...
Introduced in 1959, the Italian SOS Deco Meter—the forerunner of modern dive computers—was the first decompression device used by sports divers that automatically tracked users’ dive...
The SOS meter was wildly popular in the 1970s and 80s prior to the advent and broad adoption of electronic diving computers like the EDGE. What’s...
The use of trimix—a breathing mix of oxygen, helium and nitrogen—has become the standard for dives beyond 30-50 m/100-165 ft, depending on whom you dive with....
Compared to Frenzel equalization used by freedivers, Valsalva equalization can be hard on the ears and eustachian tubes, and could cause problems for tech divers with...
