… happens depening on the difference between the ambient pressure and the tissue saturation. On-Gassing: Lung gas –> Blood –>
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OC vs. CCR
With OC (Open Circuit) you are breathing the gas from the tank(s) just once, but with CCR (Closed Circuit Rebreather)
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The valve shutdown drill should be in your skill set if you dive with two regulator connected to one breathing
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A friend of mine told me he had seen a documentary about the free diver Herbert Nitsch. He said that
Continue readingHogarthian equipment configuration
Comparison to the traditional configuration Backplate, harness and wing instead of jacket One piece harness instead of breaks and clips
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If you stay at the surface the whole time you can also use goggles, but if you go deeper then
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Recreational Diving (Within no-deco limit and without overhead enviroment) Open Circuit Level 1: OC Single BM (Air/Nitrox) Level 2: OC
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Bottom tank – Used at the deep part of the dive – Normally as backmount (back gas, primary gas) –
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Search pattern There are plenty of search pattern, but the following ones are the common ones. Arc (Signalman stays on
Continue readingScuba Diving Basics (Recreational)
Delimitation Always stay within the no-decompression limit and never enter an overhead enviroment. These rules make sure that you can
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