Cave-diving is underwater diving in water-filled caves. It may be done as an extreme sport, a way of exploring flooded caves for scientific investigation...
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but the foundation of cave diving in the U.K. had been laid. In 1935, Balcombe made enquiries with Siebe Gorman, the leading diving engineers of the time...
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The 1973 Mount Gambier cave diving accident was a scuba diving incident on 28 May 1973 at a flooded sinkhole known as "The Shaft" near Mount Gambier in...
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diving school in Phuket, contributed in cave diving capacity. Canada: Erik Brown, a dive instructor from Vancouver, participated on the cave diving team...
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Distance line (redirect from Cave line)
A distance line, penetration line, cave line, dive reel or guide line is an item of diving equipment used by scuba divers as a means of returning to a...
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the safety of breathable atmosphere at the surface. Cave diving, wreck diving, ice diving and diving inside or under other natural or artificial underwater...
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Rick Stanton (redirect from Richard Stanton (cave diver))
called "one of the world's most accomplished cave-divers", "the face of British cave diving," and "the best cave diver in Europe". Stanton has lived in Coventry...
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the safety of breathable atmosphere at the surface. Cave diving, wreck diving, ice diving and diving inside or under other natural or artificial underwater...
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fatalities associated with recreational caving in the UK. The main causes of death have been drowning when cave diving, drowning as the result of flooding...
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difficult. Cave diving is a distinct, and more hazardous, sub-speciality undertaken by a small minority of technically proficient cavers. In an area...
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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to underwater diving: Underwater diving – as a human activity, is the practice of descending below the...
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Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and...
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Technical diving (also referred to as tec diving or tech diving) is scuba diving that exceeds the agency-specified limits of recreational diving for non-professional...
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Deep diving is underwater diving to a depth beyond the norm accepted by the associated community. In some cases this is a prescribed limit established...
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originated as a configuration for advanced cave diving, as it facilitates penetration of tight sections of cave, allows easy access to cylinder valves, provides...
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Cave diving is underwater diving in water-filled caves. The equipment used varies depending on the circumstances, and ranges from breath hold to surface...
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Cenote (category Cave geology)
(certification for cave diving). However, both cavern and cave diving require detailed briefings, diving experience, and weight adjustment to freshwater buoyancy...
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book on safe scuba diving procedures for cave diving by pioneer cave diver Sheck Exley, originally published in 1979, by the Cave Diving Section of the National...
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practitioners, representatives from the recreational diving agencies, the cave diving community and the scientific diving community." This workshop produced a set...
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(DIR) is a holistic approach to scuba diving that encompasses several essential elements, including fundamental diving skills, teamwork, physical fitness...
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The underwater diving environment, or just diving environment is the natural or artificial surroundings in which a dive is done. It is usually underwater...
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A diving team is a group of people who work together to conduct a diving operation. A characteristic of professional diving is the specification for minimum...
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Anchialine system (redirect from Anchialine cave)
directly in the anchialine pool, or sometimes it may be accessible by cave diving. Anchialine systems are extremely common worldwide especially along neotropical...
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Sheck Exley (category Cave diving explorers)
procedures used in cave and overhead diving today. Exley was also a pioneer of extreme deep scuba diving. For purposes of rescue during cave diving, Exley helped...
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Speleology (redirect from Cave science)
in Rome. Cave diving – Diving in water-filled caves Caving – Recreational pastime of exploring cave systems List of caves List of deepest caves List of...
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Byford Dolphin (redirect from Byford Dolphin diving bell accident)
Sea, four divers were in a diving chamber system on the rig's deck that was connected by a trunk (a short passage) to a diving bell. The divers were Edwin...
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occupation. ama (海女) – a sea-diving fisherwoman ama (海士) – a sea-diving fisherman ama (海人), kaijin (海人) – a sea-diving fisherperson of either gender...
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underwater diving. The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving. There may be other meanings in other contexts. Underwater diving can be...
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They include technical diving sites beyond the range generally accepted for recreational diving. In this context all diving done for recreational purposes...
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Solo diving is the practice of self-sufficient underwater diving without a "dive buddy", particularly with reference to scuba diving, but the term is...
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