Interview with WUD cofounder and president Yuan Wang by Michael Menduno.
We kick off the new year with 14-hand curated stories that we believe were our most important, engaging and or intriguing stories from 2023. Dive in!
By Michael Menduno. The views and opinions expressed are strictly my own. Photos courtesy of PADI unless noted. This October at the annual Diving Equipment &...
Jon Kieren had been an experienced tech diver and instructor for years when, curious, he took a Global Underwater Explorers’ Fundamentals class, a prerequisite to GUE’s...
In the immediate aftermath of a diving fatality, law enforcement needs to locate an emergency contact for the accident victim. If that person’s phone is locked,...
Picturing 25 years of Global Underwater Explorers.
The Rebreather Training Council (RTC) spent nearly four years developing a set of international ISO standards for rebreather training, similar to what was done for recreational...
By Ashley Stewart and Michael Menduno. Images by Jason Brown, BARDOPhotograhic unless noted. Header image: Professor Timmy Gambin discussing their shipwreck documentation efforts. The latest Rebreather...
Do we learn from accidents as a diving culture and, as a result, take the actions, where needed, to improve divers’ safety? Though we might like...
To err is human. To trimix is divine? Instructor evaluator Guy Shockey examines the importance of learning through one’s mistakes, and most important, being willing to...