The Barracuda Dive
Many dives offer us lessons that can serve us well in future, if we choose to take note. Take Bill’s observations on a recent drift dive. Read more...
A brick can do that!
What can happen when scuba-divers get their priorities wrong? The same thing that can happen to mountain-climbers, says SIMON PRIDMORE – disaster Read more...
Constructive Paranoia – a Survival Technique
It takes confidence to call a dive, but perhaps we should all take more notice of the cave-diving approach to safety, suggests SIMON PRIDMORE Read more...
Breaking the Chain
It takes confidence to call a dive, but perhaps we should all take more notice of the cave-diving approach to safety, suggests SIMON PRIDMORE Read more...
To Divemaster and Beyond
Tell a commercial diver training agency that you want to be an instructor and it will extend a warm welcome, says SIMON PRIDMORE. Just don’t kid yourself that you’re submitting a job application – you’re buying a product. Read more...
Reduce, reduce, reduce!
Everyone knows that minimising the amount of weight carried is a diver’s holy grail, but there are practical limits in the quest to down-weight. Read more...
Back in the Saddle
When too much time has elapsed since that last dive, a refresher is in order. Read more...
Defensive Diving Part 3: Assuming Responsibility
You don’t have to appear to others as a constant pessimist, you can keep your thoughts to yourself – but always be prepared for that worst-case scenario. Read more...
Defensive Diving Part 2: Deviance & Depth
The diving set-up doesn’t seem ideal but you go ahead anyway and get away with it. Perhaps it was OK after all; perhaps you were just lucky. SIMON PRIDMORE takes it from there Read more...
Defensive Diving – Part 1
Vehicle-drivers survive on the roads by adopting techniques that take all contingencies into account – scuba-divers should do the same, says SIMON PRIDMORE Read more...