Technical Diving from the Bottom Up

Technical Diving from the Bottom Up
Author: Kevin Gurr
Publisher: Periscope Publishing Ltd.
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2004
Genre: Scuba diving
ISBN: 1904381200

'Technical Diving From The Bottom Up' is a guide to both 'would be' and experienced technical divers. Covering a range of topics, it is designed to guide the reader through the basics such as physiology and equipment configuration, before moving onto deep mixed gas decompression diving and the use of rebreathers.

Mixed Gas Diving

Mixed Gas Diving
Author: Tom Mount
Publisher: Watersport Publishing
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1992-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

Deep Diving

Deep Diving
Author: Bret Gilliam
Publisher: Aqua Quest Publications, Inc.
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1995
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780922769315

This is the first book to span the depth between traditional sport diving editions and the complex medical/commercial texts. It provides a balanced view of the fascinations and hazards of deep diving through extensive factual development of its technical chapters.

The Last Dive

The Last Dive
Author: Bernie Chowdhury
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2012-01-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0062196820

A tragic account of the father-son dive team who met with disaster while exploring the wreck of a German U-boat off the coast of New York. Chris and Chrissy Rouse, an experienced father-and-son scuba diving team, hoped to achieve widespread recognition for their outstanding but controversial diving skills. Obsessed and ambitious, they sought to solve the secrets of a mysterious, undocumented World War II German U-boat that lay under 230 feet of water, only a half-day’s mission from New York Harbor. In doing so, they paid the ultimate price in their quest for fame. Bernie Chowdhury, himself an expert diver and a close friend of the Rouses’, explores the thrill-seeking world of deep-sea diving, including its legendary figures, most celebrated triumphs, and gruesome tragedies. By examining the diver’s psychology through the complex father-and-son dynamic, Chowdhury illuminates the extreme sport diver’s push toward—and sometimes beyond—the limits of human endurance. Praise for The Last Dive “Superbly written and action-packed, The Last Dive ranks with such adventure classics as The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air.” —Tampa Tribune “[A] captivating account of sport diving.” —Publishers Weekly “Excellently written and a real “grabber” to read, the book includes much information about the history, equipment, and people who make up the world of extreme or “technical” diving. This book should be read by any diver thinking of getting involved in wreck, cave, deep, or mixed-gas diving.” —Library Journal

Deep Descent

Deep Descent
Author: Kevin F. McMurray
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2002-07-09
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1439107424

An in-depth look at the danger of diving the Andrea Doria, the "Everest" of deep-sea diving, by an award-winning journalist and photographer. On a foggy July evening in 1956, the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, bound for New York, was struck broadside by another vessel. In eleven hours, she would sink nearly 250 feet to the murky Atlantic Ocean floor. Thanks to a daring rescue operation, only fifty-one of more than 1,700 people died in the tragedy. But the Andrea Doria is still taking lives. Considered the Mount Everest of diving, the Andrea Doria is the ultimate deepwater wreck challenge. Over the years, a small but fanatical group of extreme scuba divers have investigated the Andrea Doria, pushing themselves to the very limits of human endurance to explore her—and not all have returned. Diver Kevin McMurray takes you inside this elite club with a hard, honest look at those who go deeper, farther, and closer to the edge than others would ever dream. Deep Descent is the riveting true story of the human spirit overcoming human frailty and of fearsome, mortal risks traded for a hard-core adrenaline rush. Chronicling these adventures in his page-turning narrative and in dozens of dramatic photos, McMurray draws us deeper into the cold heart of the unforgiving sea, giving us a powerful vision of a place to which few will ever have the skills—or the courage—to go.

Deco for Divers

Deco for Divers
Author: Mark Powell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2014-12-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781905492299