The technical diving handbook
G. Gentile
The
Ultimate Wreck-Diving Guide was the seminal book on technical diving: the
primogenitor of its kind. It was written at a time when nitrox, accelerated
decompression, helium mixes, rebreathers, and other emerging techniques and
technologies were yet in their infancy. The publication of the original volume
propelled deep diving into far deeper realms of the dark abyss.
The Ultimate, as it came to be
called, was considered pure heresy by those who opposed progress. The purpose of
the book was to introduce to the information-starved masses that a small group
of exploratory divers was stretching the underwater envelope, and how they went
about doing it. Call it an awareness guide.
Ignited by the author's vision,
technical diving has taken off like a launched rocket, accelerating faster with
each passing moment and carrying with it a payload of unknown dividends. What
began as new phase in the slow progress of underwater exploration has grown with
lightninglike speed.
Evolution became revolution. Almost
overnight, the concepts of "high tech" and "extended range"
diving entered the forefront of human awareness.
The rite of passage is over.
Technical diving has come of age.
Underwater explorers can now share
the benefits of space-age spin-off hardware and developing decompression
methodologies. The present volume incorporates recent innovations that were
unavailable until only a few years ago, and in some cases were nonexistent when
its predecessor first saw print.
Acquaint yourself now with such new
and exciting devices as the programmable nitrox wrist decompression computer,
the personal computer interface, the hoseless pressure gauge, a heads-up mask
display, decompression software for laptops, a submersible electric heating pad,
and more.
Also included in this handbook are
equations and tips for blending nitrox, trimix, heliox, and heliair;
instructions on how to build an in-water oxygen decompression station; the
procedures and the chemicals needed to clean tanks, valves, and regulators for
oxygen service; and a complete chapter on how to plan and conduct expedition
style mix-gas diving operations.
The previous book was the ultimate. This one goes beyond.
ISBN 1-883056-05-5
softcover lay-flat binding. Large Format 8 1/2 by 11
192 pages, 125 color photos, 12 tables, 12 equations, fully indexed
remark: During transport the corners off the books we have on stock were severe bend. No damage to pages what so ever only the softcover is somewhat bruched. Price as is.