This month we continue our discussion of the migration to closed circuit rebreathers (CCR) and the future of open circuit (OC) scuba for tech diving. Instructor...
Though they were late to the party, Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) is leaning forward on rebreathers, and members are following suit. So what’s to become of...
Tech diving requires a deep body of knowledge that must be kept current. So it seemed appropriate to ask, what books should tekkies have on their...
NextGen Scholar Annika Andresen details her experience taking GUE’s Technical Diver 1, regarded as one of the agency's most rigorous classes. If the failures don’t get...
GUE Instructor Evaluator Guy Shockey explains how to prepare for GUE’s Tech 1 course. That’s right. It requires pre-class preparation.
We join Italian explorer and tech instructor Andrea Murdock Alpini on a poetic exploration of the Felicitas Mine in Germany, as he and his teammates ponder...
Though most tech divers have heard of Tom Mount and the International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD), it's likely only a few insiders know...
The advent of mixed gas usage by sport divers—the so-called “Technical Diving Revolution”in the early to mid-1990s—greatly expanded our underwater envelope, while arguably improving diving safety....
How does one become an explorer? It’s a question that has nagged diving educator and innovator Guy Shockey for more than ten years. Last year, he...
Our wandering Italian poet turned tech instructor Andrea Murdoch Alpini—or is it the other way around?— weaves a tale of a return voyage to the wreck...