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David Szerman -
TDI Full Cave Diver
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Qualifications:
TDI Sidemount Cave Diver, TDI Trimix Diver, TDI Submatix CCR 100 SMS Air Diluent Diver, FFESSM ***, PADI Rescue Diver, CMAS Ice diver -
Dived in: Mexico, Poland, Guadeloupe, Egypt, Luxembourg, Israel, Belgium, France
Safety rules in cave diving
by David Szerman on June 26, 2013
So now, you are convinced : you want to try cave diving !
But still some worries... Is it really safe ?
First of all, it is really important to start any initiation or training with a cave instructor.
Every cave diver uses the same set of safety rules and here are the main ones :
- Guide line : it is your best friend but also your worse one. Correctly put in place, it helps you (with some arrows) to find your way to the closest exit. But not correctly put in place or wrong diver trim, you can be trapped
- Lights : you do not dive with one light, nor with two lights but THREE lights. In case the main one fails, you can use the first backup light and swim to the exit. If the backup light...
Underwater AND... underground ?
by David Szerman on May 29, 2013
Ask your friends : where do you like to dive ?
Do they answer Mediteranean Sea ? Australian Coral Reef ? Bali ?
And why do they dive ?
To see small fishes ? Big ones ? Wrecks ?
How many among them are going to answer they dive in Lot (France) or Budapest for the atmosphere ?
If someone does, you surely met a Cave Diver.
More and more people are interested by the dark side of scuba diving (there isn't a lot of light underground).
But why should someone try this activity ?
Frankly speaking, do not expect to see any colourful fish underwater and, for sure, you will not see any coral reef there. ...
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