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Jill's Guide: The Essentials of Cave Diving

We are proud to announce : A series of technical diving books called Jill's Guides. The first one, "Jill's Guide, Digital Underwater Photography" is published and can be ordered right here at Rebreather Pro. At the printer is "The Essentials of Cave Diving" and soon to come is "Sidemount Diving," with Brian Kakuk.  Above is the cover proof for the Essentials of Cave Diving, which should be available in the next few weeks. All of these books can be purchased here, and at  IntoThePlanet.com. We are especially happy about the Essentials of Cave Diving. Encompassing all levels of cave diving, from apprentice to expert, sidemount to CCR, this full color, 200-plus page guide is an essential manual, appropriate and relevant to all cave training disciplines.  We'll post a few sample pages later this week. Thanks, safe diving, Jill and Robert

Sidemount Rebreather

 

I was diving with Jakub Rehacek yesterday and got a closer look at his Hammerhead sidemount rebreather. After recently diving in Abaco on open circuit sidemount, I was literally salivating over the potential that this unit offers. He also showed me the new Golem Gear Shrimp BOV, which sold out in less than two hours when it was recently released. Don't worry though, he will have more next week.

Photo Book Retail and Wholesale

The Digital Underwater Photography book is selling well. We have had to restock our supply already. If you would like a signed book, please order from this site, over in the side bar. Attention: Dive shops, instructors, agencies, and others - we have a wholesale price list available, just email Jill and we'll happily send it to you. Thanks.

Popular Science Rebreather Articles

In the previous post, we linked to 137 years of Popular Science that is now available online.  FREE. They have an easy to navigate search engine, and a more than a few articles of interest to technical and rebreather divers.

http://www.popsci.com/bown/2008/product/poseidon-discovery-rebreather

Popular Science Puts Entire Scanned Archive Online, Free

Popular Science Puts Entire Scanned Archive Online, Free

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Now THIS is Technical Diving

Cave diving with Brian Kakuk in no mount restriction.

More pics and videos from Brian Kakuk, Marc Laukien and Jill Heinerth, coming soon to Rebreather Pro. -- Robert

Digital Underwater Photography: Eye Candy

Jill has been in Bahamas with Brian Kakuk and Marc Laukien gathering video and stills.

Endorsement from a photo pro!

From Solomon Baksh , Publisher, Deep Blue Publications Limited 

"I purchased your book "Digital Underwater Photography: Jill Heinerth's Guide to Digital Underwater Photography" last week and once I started reading it I simply could not put it down. In fact I completed reading the entire book in 2 days. Even though I am a professional underwater photographer and have written several dive guides for a UK publisher I am of the opinion that no professional underwater photographer knows everything. I certainly learned a lot from your book. What's volume 2 about?"

Wow. Thanks Solomon!

Survival Doesn't Have to be Pretty

If your accelerator got stuck, would you know what to do?

The news these days is filled with horror stories of people on cell phones with a 911 operator, panicking as they speed down the highway, out of control. Unfortunately, some of these cases ended in fiery crashes when neither the driver, the passengers nor the operator thought to switch the car into neutral.

If your solenoid valve on your rebreather stuck open, would you know what to do? If a hose blew on the oxygen tank, could you react in an instinctive way?
Last July, the rear tire tread came off my van at 65 miles per hour on the Florida turnpike. Although the urge was there, I know instinctively, that using the brakes would send us into an irrecoverable roll. Many years of driving on snowy Canadian roads, gave me the manual practice that still left its imprint after 15 years in America. We skidded down the highway sideways while I continued to try to steer us out of the skid and ease to the shoulder and out of traffic. By the time we impacted the soft shoulder, we were less than half speed. Although we rolled, I think it might have ended much worse.
Anyone that has dived rebreathers for a long time will share that they have had bad days when either the equipment failed or they made stupid mistakes. If your skills are well practiced and manual responses are instinctual, then your chances of survival will be far greater. Practice doesn’t always make perfect, but survival doesn’t have to be pretty… just effective. Jill Heinerth