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Exploration and Mixed Gas Diving Encyclopedia; The Tao of Survival Underwater

This 31 chapter, 392 page in-depth reference guide is perfect bound, printed in full color on glossy paper, richly illustrated. The unique text is required reading for all IANTD Technical Diver Programs and is a valuable resource for all divers at any level.

CONTENTS ~ The Basics Of Physiology For Technical Divers • Inert Gas Narcosis • Oxygen & Its Affect On The Diver • Carbon Dioxide Retention • High Pressure Nervous Syndrome • Counter Diffusion • Decompression Illness • Hypothermia & Hyperthermia • Equipment Configuration • Equipment Configuration For Small Divers • Dive Planning • Gas Management For Rebreathers • Operational Safety • Tracking Absorbent Duration By Oxygen Consumption • ROVs & Hard Suits For Expeditions • Mental, Spiritual & Physical Aspects Of Diving • The Diver’s Mind • Psychological & Physical Fitness For A Technical Diver • The Psychology Of Survival • Response Training & Failure Points ~ The Importance Of Developing Response • Deep, Deeper, Deepest & Further ~ One Man’s Personal Quest & Staying Alive To Do It! • Going Past The Edge • Expeditions ~ Wrecks • The Practical Aspects of Deep Wreck Diving • Expeditions ~ Caves • Expeditions ~ Arctic Ice Diving • and Modeling Chapters on VPM, RGBM, ABM, Gradient Factors, and Multi-Modeling Approaches. Tables to perform the text exercises are included PLUS New Tables for Gradient Factors and CCR Pre-Dive Checks.

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Tek CCR Diver Manual

by Tom Mount, D.Sc.
David Sawatzky, M.D.
Joerg Hess, M.S.
Softback, 79 Pages, richly illustrated
8.5"W x 11"H x 0.25"D, ISBN 0-915-539-07-1
Copyright 2005 by International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers

This text represents the next generation of training and informational texts from IANTD. It is perfect bound, printed in full color on glossy paper, richly illustrated. Written in a narrative style is contains articles prepared by several experts covering not only theory, but also real-world logistics of diving closed-circuit rebreathers.