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Riviera Maya - Mexico Cave Diving & Cave Training - ProTec Blog

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The Riviera Maya was originally called the Cancun – Tulum corridor, but in 1999 it was renamed as the Riviera Maya. The municipality of Solidaridad includes the whole of the official Riviera Maya from Playa del Carmen in the north and south to Puerto Aventuras and extending to some 60 km inland with the border with the state of Yucatan. The new municipality of Tulum stretches from Chemuyil down to Tulum and inland to Coba. Cave Diving France/Spain Tour 2016. Ponderosa: Bringing Old School Back! WwwProtec...

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CCR cave diving in Mexico

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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. Once we have established a close to reality bailout range and factor in high breathing rate factors such as high stress or elevated co2 we are getting to what we want to take with us into the cave and as we are limited to wha...

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Advanced Recreational Trimix diver training - no need for narcosis

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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. I could see her clearly getting affected by the inert gas narcosis watching her communication change, her handwriting to change as well. During de-briefs we came to it that she was affected and did not like it, neither did I. Recreational trimix combi...

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CCR Normoxic Trimix Instructor course in Panama

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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 instead. In Panama City to go through classroom presentations, standards, training material as well as the CCR Megalodon Rebreather. While the unit was prepared an in depth discussion took place ab...

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Rob Bartlett - Mexico Cave Diving & Cave Training - ProTec Blog

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Whilst in the Army Rob was heavily involved in various sports, becoming a Physical Training Instructor and a Personal Trainer and Sports Therapist. Even then however, he’d still not contemplated diving. Upon leaving the Army, he was hired by the Americans to work with the US Military in Afghanistan. It was during his six years in the job that he discovered SCUBA diving on an early vacation. In 2013, after many years of deliberating whether or not to take his passion to the next level of IANTD cave certif...

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Cave - Mexico Cave Diving & Cave Training - ProTec Blog

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At ProTec Dive Center and Advanced Training Facility we offer a variety of services in regards to cenote or cave diving ranging from guided cenote tours for untrained cave divers to guided cave diving services to cave diver training. Cave diving in Mexico started at the beginning of the 1980’s as the first cave divers from the U.S. arrived to the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo. QRoo) and central Mexico where resurgence rivers such as Rio Mante, sinkholes. Such as Zacaton and Cenotes. Peninsula by dedica...

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The importance of progressive cave diving experience!!!

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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 latest techniques to keep them safe. But do they really listen? Do they really understand that what we are trying to teach them could save their lives if they ever make a mistake? Still, it wa...

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Playa del Carmen - Mexico Cave Diving & Cave Training - ProTec Blog

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Beach view of Playa del Carmen. Cave Diving France/Spain Tour 2016. Ponderosa: Bringing Old School Back! CCR Cave Diving – Don’t believe the hearsay! Dive “666”. Madagascar Cave Diving: The ultimate challenge – Part One. To stage or not to stage? The learning curve vs the accident slope. The importance of progressive cave diving experience! Cave Course in France. Cave diving in Mexico. CCR Evolution and Inspiration. ProTec Dive Center and Advanced Training Facility. Rebreather diving and training.

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To stage or not to stage? - Mexico Cave Diving & Cave Training - ProTec Blog

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To stage or not to stage? The stage course is one of my favourite courses to teach and it’s high on my personal preferred ways to dive in the cave. We all as cave divers remember the importance of progressive penetration and of correct gas planning, right? For those cave divers amongst us that dive a lot and are always turning the dive on gas (when we just want to see what’s around the next bend or next tunnel), well the stage course is for you. We are all self-proclaimed diving geeks (you know you are!