Hello Deeperblueites!

[DeepSeaDan]

DeepSeaDan from Southern Ontario Cananda conveying greetings & salutations!
I'm in my 35th year of diving this year. Ten of those years I spent as a commercial deepsea oilfield / Marine construction diver, working in offshore oilfields & marine installations around most of the planet. All that diving was done with gases supplied from the surface to a diving helmet via umbilical. We also used saturation technology regularly to work economically & safely at great depth. Didn't do much scuba in those years as one becomes reliant on that physical connection to surface. When I finally quit "the life", I had a slow transition back into self-contained diving - I was for ever feeling for my umbilical for the first few years!
Now I teach recreational diving & enjoy it immensely. I try to limit my depths these days as I racked up thousands of hours of exposure time in my working years ( without a single bend! ) - I reckon it's best not too push one's luck too far.
I look foreward to discussing diving & learning new things from all the good membership here in the Deeperblue world...

Best Fishes,
DSD

 

[fcallagy]

welcome to db dan seems like you have had an interesting time diving thus far.

 

[DeepSeaDan]

Thanks Feargus. I see by your profile you are into freediving. I've always loved doing that, though I'm not trained at it - ::45 is a long breath hold for me.

So tell me something of what your interest involves; are you a competitor who travels extensively for meets or is this more of a hobby for you?

Best,
DSD

 

[fcallagy]

Hey Dan
More of a hobby that takes up a lot of time but i have travelled for comps but not too far and not a very serious competitor. The furthest i travelled was Egypt for a course great spot.