The ProTec Chronicles
To stage or not to stage?
https://youtu.be/KMaxDF5eZ4A I was recently assisting on a stage course alongside Patrick. We were lucky enough to be teaching a repeat guest. The guest is a solid diver, visits us a few times a year and wants to progress his education as a safe cave diver every time....
The learning curve vs the accident slope
‘The learning curve vs the accident slope’ I am lucky enough to be working for a company which has trained most of the competition in Mexico (and around the world), receiving the latest teaching methods and styles and having the knowledge of over two decades within...
The importance of progressive cave diving experience!!!
It was in January this year that my cave diving skills were put to the test for real. As an up and coming instructor, I explain and drive home all of the skills when I teach every part of the cave course. We ensure the students are taught the very best, the very...
Cave Course in France
Like every summer I made my way to Europe for the months of July and August to teach and see my family. As usual my trip started in France where I taught a cave course together with Tristan. Our glorious Team consisted of Alain, Stefaan, Joerg, Hans and Karel who was...
Advanced Recreational Trimix – No need to get narked
The days of deep air diving are long gone, helium is our friend now, not our enemy anymore. I always thought of trimix as a deep diving gas, meaning deep as below and beyond the recreational diving limits. During an advanced nitrox course I taught not too long ago...
Trimix cave diver training – From shaky to proficient
Recently I taught a normoxic trimix course to friend and tattoo artist Johnny who liked the idea of learning how to dive deeper without the hinderance and potential danger of nitrogen narcosis. As we discussed where he most likely will do this type of diving it became...
CCR Rebreather cave diving – Complex dive planning
Recently I taught a CCR cave diver program and as we went diving in the local caves here in the Riviera Maya it came to me again how much cave diving you can do on a Rebreather if you just don’t get in and out of the cave in a hurry. I still remember when going o/c...
CCR Normoxic Trimix Instructor course in Panama
The first time I tried to visit Panama was in 1988. I had my ticket in hand and was at the Colombian Island of San Andres airport when they told me I can’t fly. The flight is canceled due to a coup organized by a guy named Noriega. Back then I went to Costa Rica...
The baby is still growing – Cave exploration in Mexico
by Alvaro Roldan Many of you know how Caterpillar Cave System was found and how it looks today. (You can check out the QDT web site for more info). The entrance, a stone quarry is getting greener because of all the algae but, as soon as you get into the cave area all...
Memory lane – What’s behind a photo – Trimix diving Roatan 1995
By mid of 1994 I moved from Sharm el Sheikh – Egypt to Roatan – Honduras to look for a new area to work and live at as a recreational Scuba Instructor. In Egypt I was exposed to deep diving in a very informal way. By informal I mean a way that was back then, and might...