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Past 200 m/660 ft, Still Following the Line

People see the number first: 255 m/837 ft, 287 m/942 ft, 292 m/958 ft.Bartlomiej Pitala sees the cave. That is the real point of Beyond the Number: Bartlomiej Pitala on Cave Exploration Below 200 Meters/660 Feet. Depth is not the objective. It is just where the passage goes. The work is exploration, discipline, progression, and knowing exactly why you are there. From there, we continue with one of the harder questions in diving medicine:  Why Do Divers Still Get Bent When They Do Everything Right? It is a question that has never had a simple answer.

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We continue with Alton Hall’s Carbon Monoxide, Complacency and the Case for Analyzing Every Tank, Every Time, shifts the conversation to carbon monoxide, complacency, and the breathing gas divers often trust without verifying. His message is simple and uncomfortable: CO is invisible, undetectable without analysis, amplified by depth, and worth checking every tank, every time. Jarrod Jablonski’s Blueprint for Survival asks us to think about preparedness and decision-making. In Coral Under Pressure: Rebuilding at Depth, Giorgia Sanna shows how technical divers are helping restore Mediterranean corals in Portofino Marine Park. Michael Snow’s Why Dive Operations Need Asset Governance, Not Just Maintenance looks at the systems behind reliable dive operations. And we close with New BloodFlorian Symoens and the Next Generation of Technical Diving, the first installment of a new InDEPTH series. The idea is to celebrate young technical instructors doing this work full time, to hear their stories, and hopefully to inspire the next generation.