Upcoming Seminar at BTS I still have a few spots left in the Rebreather Fundamentals Workshop with Rebreather Pro Jill Heinerth - Sunday March 25 from 9am - 4pm at the Beneath the Sea Diving Symposium.
Meadowlands Exposition Center, Seacaucus New Jersey Classroom session: $95 will include many educational resources to take home. Tickets available online at: www.BeneathTheSea.org (space is limited) Enjoy a full-day academic session with CCR expert Jill Heinerth. Using fascinating stories and a multimedia presentation, Jill will cover all the essentials of rebreather diving.
If you are looking to purchase a rebreather, this is an opportunity to learn how to be a wise consumer and make the choice that is right for you. If you already own a rebreather and want a review of academics, new trends and the future of CCR diving, then this seminar will offer an opportunity to gather new information. If you want to prevent yourself from joining the ranks of 20 or so people who perish each year on rebreathers, this workshop will inform you about accident analysis and prevention. If you want a day with an expert who will carefully answer your questions and help you find solutions, then this is your best opportunity to spend a day with Jill. If you want to see how rebreathers are being used in exciting expeditions around the world, this full-day road show will entertain and motivate you to participate in CCR diving.
The workshop is non-denominational… all training agencies and all manufacturers are welcome. All levels of divers are welcome from recreational through technical divers.
Topics: Rebreather operations and procedures Basics, types, operation and essential care Selecting a rebreather: comparing apples and oranges Selecting an instructor Understanding CE testing Myths and misconceptions about rebreather diving Carbon dioxide: dangerous and ignored Reducing oxygen issues Planning for the future: deep mixed-gas operations Accident analysis and prevention: beating the complacency trap Traveling with rebreathers: tips and warnings Lots of time for questions...and answers
See you there -- Jill
I get asked about the cost of consumables for rebreathers quite often. Here is a breakdown based on an average rebreather. Many variables exist for particular units and tank sizes.
A one day workshop and roundtable discussion. Rebreather manufacturers and experts discuss techniques and address controversial issues while offering an opportunity to see the latest features coming to the rebreather diving community. Tom Mount, Leon Scamahorn, Jakub Rehacek, Lamar Hires and Brett Hemphill and many others including Silent Diving and VR Technology will participate. Jill Heinerth will serve as moderator and host. Presented by the NACD World Cave Diving Conference. Same location as last year: Camp Kulaqua, High Springs, Florida. $10 includes lunch and seminar. Sunday, November 22, 2009 beginning at 10 am. Contact Debra Green at the NACD. More info at: www.SafeCaveDiving.com
Although the Poseidon Discovery Rebreather is designed as a recreational rebreather, it is making deep strides underground. The United States Deep Caving Team, led by Dr. Bill Stone, is utilizing the rebreather in the "J2 Expedition" in central Mexico. The team hopes to reach points deeper in the earth than humankind has ever been. A rotating team is spending three months laying miles of rope to reach the point where they must penetrate a series of short sumps to continue forward. The lightweight Poseidon Rebreather is extremely beneficial for these short runs underwater since it will not need to be carried out for refilling. A small cache of tanks can be ferried to the subterranean camps to enable a series of dives for a small team of explorers.
News from the team reached us today from Michael Pugliese. He reports, "I personally reached a depth of -1100m and spent 10 consecutive days underground with Bill, Vickie, and 2 others shuttling dive gear to camp III."
The current surface team reports today that, "Wednesday preliminary dives yielded information on an upper lead on the far side of sump II. This lead is said to be extensive, and large open borehole. It is probable that this allows a bypass of sump III. 9mm line and communication was successfully rigged through sump II yesterday and camp 4 has been established on a sandy spot on the far side."
If you are wondering whether the team is worried about the flu that is currently ravaging Mexico, they reported that the team was hit by a bad virus a couple of weeks ago, but all members are healthy and flu-free now! Jill Heinerth
