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Insights and Breakthroughs: A Recap of Day Three at Rebreather Forum 4
Day three of Rebreather Forum 4 marked the end of the event, with the conference consensus, a presentation by DAN Europe founder and CEO Prof....
26 April 2023
Tim Blömeke
Tim Blömeke teaches technical and recreational diving in Taiwan and the Philippines. He is also a freelance writer and translator, as well as a member of the editorial team of Alert Diver. He dives a Fathom CCR. For questions, comments, and inquiries, you can contact him via his blog page or on Instagram.
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Saturday morning 5:45 am, the alarm rings. With a groan, Emily (loosely based on a real person) turns over in bed, fumbles for the off...
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Respiratory minute volume or RMV, also referred to as SAC rate (for Surface Air Consumption) or SRC (Surface Consumption Rate) is the volume of breathing...
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Let’s talk about… Gas Planning
Gas planning is an aspect of diving that many of us are confused about. Depending on your training agency and how long ago it was...
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Deep rebreather divers are not just exploring new and rarely visited dive sites, they are also entering uncharted territory when it comes to the physiological...
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