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Rebreather diver fatality in Los Angeles August 18, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, Rebreathers , 3comments

Sad news yesterday that a 40 year old diver using an AP Inspiration rebreather was found dead near the wreck he had been lost on the previous day. There is some speculation over at Rebreatherworld that the diver had been trapped or pinned under the wreck, but that is unconfirmed. Here is the press release;

A 40-year old male diver that had been missing near the south end of the Los Angeles Channel since yesterday, was found this morning near the wreck three miles off shore where he had been diving.

In a joint effort, local agencies started searching for the missing diver yesterday afternoon.
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The worst rebreather diver ever? July 27, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : Rebreathers, Training , 1 comment so far

Bill Reals over at Divester has pointed out a video from Youtube which shows how NOT to dive. What do you think?

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Heart attack killed rebreather diver, coroner says July 12, 2006

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Divester reported back in August 2005 that Gerry Tychansky, who had been scuba diving whilst assisting the making of a low budget horror movie, Marina Monster, died during the shoot. The result of the investigation into how Gerry died has been published by the coroner, who has concluded it was a heart attack.

Terry was diving with a rebreather, and it seems that many fatalities associated with rebreathers conclude with a heart attack verdict, but this does not seem to mirror fatality verdicts whilst scuba diving, which are usually confirmed as death by drowning. Gerry was only 43 years old. This from the Hamilton Spectator;
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Mark Threadgold breaks blind diver depth record June 21, 2006

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I reported a while ago about Mark Threadgold and his preparations for a 100mtr trimix dive to take place in the Red Sea, in order to raise money for St Dunstans. Well, we have received news that he has successfully pulled it off and completed a 103 mtr dive at the Blue Hole site in Dahab on June 16th 2006.

From Divemagazine;
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Cis-Lunar developing new rebreather with DP Scandinavia May 22, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : Rebreathers , 1 comment so far

The Cis-Lunar rebreather was originally launched in 1998 with Dr Bill Stone and has been regarded as one of the best rebreathers available. The MK5 are still considered the ‘best-in-class’ rebreathers by many in the rebreather community. Cis-Lunar couldn’t raise the finances to mass produce the rebreather though and they ceased production in early 2000.

Well, now it seems that the Cis Lunar could be back, as Dr Bill Stone has teamed up with a Swedish industrial group, DP Scandinavia, according to OutdoorNewsWire
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Megalodon Rebreather used to push cave in 201 mtr dive May 18, 2006

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Cedric Verdier, a Technical Diving Instructor Trainer since 16 years, pushed the limits of the Sra Keow Cave in Thailand to 201 m/ 663ft, says Deeper Blue

For this 6 hour-long dive, he used a standard ISC Megalodon Closed-Circuit rebreather with an axial scrubber and no major modification (except oil-filled handsets and battery compartments to withstand the pressure). The Megalodon CCR performed flawlessly at these extreme depths. This dive is supposed to be the deepest dive ever done with a Megalodon, and also the deepest cave dive/rebreather dive ever done in Asia.
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