Aging divers and divers with physical limitations could find freedom within their gear configuration… Words by: W. H. “Hank” Halliday After six decades of diving, sidemount has allowed Hank [...]
Photo: Maxwel Hohn By Steve Lewis A few years back I wrote a book called “The Six Skills…” One of the skills mentioned in it was Situational Awareness. At the time, Situational Awareness (SA) [...]
Photo: Jill Heinerth Words By Steve Lewis Even if you’re a cold-water diver, there’s a strong case to be made for doing your next advanced diver training in warm water (read tropical or [...]
By Steve Lewis Choosing an instructor? Well, there are scores of blog entries and posts on various scuba forums giving advice. Much of it is good; some of it is excellent. It can certainly help [...]
By Steve Lewis When was the last time you practiced your sidemount shutdown drills? How many sidemount divers outside of the cave community have practiced this skill recently? Photo: Jill [...]
By Michael Menduno Bill Stone sporting the 165-pound MK-1 fully redundant rebreather, dubbed F.R.E.D. (Failsafe Rebreather for Exploration Diving), which he trialed on a 24-hour dive. Photo: Noel [...]
The DIVER interview: With Michael Menduno – Journalist, Reporter, and Producer Michael Menduno, aka M2, with his Media Award at the 2018 TEKDiveUSA conference. Photo: TEKDiveUSA How long have [...]
By Steve Lewis Steve Lewis and one of the twelve rebreathers he’s owned; just make sure you invest in the right toolfor the job. Photo: Jill Heinerth So, you’re looking at taking the big step [...]
Photo: Jill Heinerth By Dr. David Sawatzky Rebreathers are becoming ever more common in the diving community, and in diving fatality records. I wanted to write a column on rebreather [...]
By Steve Lewis Steve Lewis and one of the twelve rebreathers he’s owned; just make sure you invest in the right toolfor the job. Photo: Jill Heinerth. So, you’re looking at taking the big step [...]