The ProTec Chronicles
A busy season – Part one
I just come out of a pretty busy run full of teaching and exploring, tiring but fun and now as things slow down a little bit I can take the time to write about it. When I had finished the basic sidemount course with Wayne I was off on three weeks vacation. First I had...
Sporadic Newsletter May 2010
Dear ProTec FriendsWe are back with our Sporadic Newsletter covering diving, training, local affairs and social activities from and within our ProTec Dive Center in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. We are located within the Riviera Maya along the Mexican Caribbean coast and...
Boletin informativo Mayo 2010
Amigos de ProTecEstamos de vuelta con nuestro Boletín Informativo que cubre toda la informaciónacerca del buceo, los asuntos locales y las actividades sociales. Desde nuestro centro de buceo ProTec en Playa del Carmen, Q. Roo, México. Estamos ubicados en la Riviera...
Psychological Adjustment and Stress Control
Stress in Cave DivingStress is a phenomenon that may, if unchecked, lead to panic and result in an accident. Cave divers are exposed to most known stresses measured by psychologists. Like wrecks or diving under ice, caves present us with an overhead environment. This...
El Ambiente de la Cueva
Para experimentar este ambiente natural fascinante y bello, uno debe entender el ambiente de la cueva. Este capítulo es sólo una introducción a la Geología, Espeleología y formación de una cueva y pretende dar al buzo de cueva un vistazo de lo que puede...
Cave survey and cartography
Most cave divers may wonder at the beauty of cave maps and may even use them for cave dive planning but few have learned how to make cave maps. I recently taught yet another survey and cartography cave course with Dirk from Germany. We both used CCR Rebreathers as our...
Taking the CCR Sentinel cross over course
Taking the CCR Sentinel cross over the opportunity arose in March of 2010 when Nader Quarta from Switzerland came to Mexico to do some fine cave diving in the Riviera Maya. When we were setting up his dive trip he mentioned that he was coming with his Sentinel CCR and...
Cour Basic Sidemount
Un an après avoir terminer mon cours de Full Cave Diver chez Protec, je décide d’approfondir mes connaissances de plongée en grotte. Après de nombreuses discussions avec Patrick nous arrivons à la conclusion que la prochaine étape pour moi est le cour Basic Sidemount....
Taking the rEvo CCR cross over course
In mid January 2010 I took the rEvo CCR cross over course from Mel Clark. The rEvo is a relatively new CCR on the market and is produced in Belgium. There are three versions of the unit as the standard, mini and micro in the physical size of the unit. The unit is...
“John” Wayne takes on sidemount =)
I just finished up a great week with Wayne who came down for his third time in an effort to satisfy his cave diving addiction … The entire week was dedicated to sidemount diving. The first three days we spent setting up Wayne’s rig ensuring that he felt comfortable...