by Yvonne Press Algorithms, gradient factors, bottom times, hydration, sleep, gas choice—they all factor into decompression dive planning. Every time...
In 1979, legendary cave explorer Sheck Exley undertook a systematic analysis of the causes of cave diving fatalities. The results published in "Basic Cave Diving: A...
Quantifying the frequency of diving injuries and fatalities and understanding what went wrong is arguably critical to improving diving safety, particularly in our data-challenged industry. That’s...
How current are your rescue skills at your level of diving? Would you be able to rescue a tech diving team mate from a depth of...
In the early 1990s, when newly named “tech divers” were dying at an alarming rate, the fledgling tech community came together to create a consensus standard...
Deep tunnel boring workers are the modern equivalent of compressed air caisson workers—the poor souls who discovered the bends. Jump to modern day: During a job...
As some tech divers have painfully discovered, there’s an escalating risk of decompression sickness (DCS) with Buhlmann algorithms as dives get progressively deeper and longer. The...
We are one breath away from being a drowning victim on every dive. It's a hard reality that divers need to understand and accept if we...
Text by Chen Qian, aka “Charlie.” Images and video courtesy of the author unless noted. In a little more than a decade, 33-year old Chen Qian,...
An SAS approach to principles, techniques and application by Claudio Gino Ferreri Scuba Diving Operational Risk Management is the first book dedicated to the practical application...
