We live in a consumer society, yet sometimes we forget that we are consumers. Often, we buy things that we think we are investing in. We expect them to be worth what we paid for them. Alas, this is far from the truth. When we buy an item from a retail store, part of the … Read more
Purchasing scuba equipment is an investment in the sport. Not only can it save in cost over the long run, but it can also enhance your safety. Additional purchases beyond our basic gear, such as technical diving, underwater camera equipment, integrated dive computers, and diver propulsion vehicles, can bring our investment up considerably. It makes … Read more
— a remembrance of a great friend Bret Gilliam and Fred Garth were business partners from 1994 until 2004 when their publishing company was acquired by Petersen Publishing (Skin Diver, etc.). The two ran popular diving expeditions and were the first to take Draeger semi-closed rebreathers to places like Cocos Island, Palau and the Silver … Read more
By John Christopher Fine PLEASE, please, please be more careful with plastic bags and Styrofoam cups. Do not let helium balloons loose. The photograph I took underwater on my last dive tells more than any article I write about plastic debris. PLEASE. You can do it. This comes from a person who uses plastic all … Read more
before you become a rebreather diver, you’d better read this Conventional open-circuit scuba is sold as “not being rocket science.” PADI and its like have made it available to almost everyone. Scuba is fun. It’s for all the family. Once you’ve grasped Boyle’s Law and the repercussions of breathing compressed gas underwater, it’s only a … Read more
