Tech Diving book

[Kirstie]

I'm thinking about taking the first steps down the technical route, starting with a little go on Turbs' twin 12s at Bovi next week, hopefully, then moving on to a Fundies course when I'm ready.

Can anyone recommend an up-to-date tech diving book that I can have a flick through, so I know what I'm letting myself in for?

Thanks.

[thehappychappy]

I found Technical Diving from the Bottom up a very interesting read.

Technical Diving from the Bottom Up - Google Book Search

Davie

[Scubee]

Deeper into Diving, John Lippman

Good book

[nickb]

Technical Diving in Depth by Bruce Wienke.......






....should be avoided at all costs unless you have 3 or 4 PhDs under you belt.

If anyone does have 3 or 4 PhDs under their belt and doesn't already have a copy of this venerated work, I have one I'd be happy to part with.

[NotDeadYet]

Mixed Gas Diving by Mount & Gilliam is old (1993 I think) but still a very good introduction to technical diving, as is Gilliam's Deep Diving. I've still not seen any modern books as good as either of these.

The NSS-CDS Cave Diving Manual is an extremely good guide to rigging kit, using twinsets, reels, etc. Pitched at cave diving but is applicable to open water as well. Again, it's old, mine is a 1992 copy, but still current -- interestingly, 16yrs ago it was just accepted that you would use a single piece harness, non-bungeed wing, breathe the long hose, etc. It's written by some very experienced people (the kit pages are written by the people who founded Dive Rite). The Cavern Manual is a cut down version of the same book, really cheap but very good, nice and basic with simple illustrations.

GUE's Fundamentals book is very good as well. Their Technical Diving book (I think) is extremely dull.

And at the risk of having the piss ripped out of me, PADI's Encyclopaedia of Diving (or whatever it got renamed as) is a great foundation for the theory.

Lippman's Deeper into Diving is a great reference book but I don't think I'd like to try and troll through it cover to cover. Life is too short.

Originally Posted by nickb

Technical Diving in Depth by Bruce Wienke.......

....should be avoided at all costs unless you have 3 or 4 PhDs under you belt.

If anyone does have 3 or 4 PhDs under their belt and doesn't already have a copy of this venerated work, I have one I'd be happy to part with.

I'm sure it's a very good work but his books are just sooooooooo dull.

[Kirstie]

Thanks everyone. I'll have a dig through Turbs' massive selection of diving books as well. I'm pretty sure he's got 'Deeper Into Diving' and several cave diving books from when he did his course.

[Woz]

Spot does Fundies.

Here comes Spot.
Spot has a twinset.
See Spot deploy his long hose.
Watch Spot frog kick.
Clever boy Spot!

[nickb]

Originally Posted by NotDeadYet

I'm sure it's a very good work but his books are just sooooooooo dull.

There's a nice picture of a surfer dude on the back cover for the girlies (the blind ones at least)

[Kirstie]

Originally Posted by Woz

Spot does Fundies.

Here comes Spot.
Spot has a twinset.
See Spot deploy his long hose.
Watch Spot frog kick.
Clever boy Spot!

We watched a DVD like that last night. Some smug bugger in gin-clear water, hovering about a metre off the bottom, doing his drills without moving an inch up or down.

Pah. If he wants to test his skills, he should dive with me in 10 metres at Bovi.

[nickb]

Originally Posted by Kirstie

We watched a DVD like that last night. Some smug bugger in gin-clear water, hovering about a metre off the bottom, doing his drills without moving an inch up or down.

Georgitsis?