SCUBA: A Practical Guide to Advanced Level Training: aka Adavanced Open Water Training - James Lapenta [2016, PDF]

SCUBA: A Practical Guide to Advanced Level Training: aka Adavanced Open Water Training

Year: 2016
Language: english
Author: James Lapenta
Genre: Guide
Edition: Kindle | 1st
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 330
Description: Building on his first book, "SCUBA: A Practical Guide for the New Diver", James Lapenta addresses what is most often the next step in diver training. Advanced Level or Advanced Open Water training is often taken by divers to gain additional skills and knowledge. It is also taken to allow them to gain access to more challenging dives and dive sites. These also pose a greater degree of risk to the individual.
Unfortunately some advanced classes are no more than a "taste" or "tour" of advanced level dives. The divers do not get the new knowledge and skills required to safely embark on these dives. In order to safely pursue these dives James has outlined the steps to take to reduce the risk of injury and worse. From describing the dives to offering advice on the content one should expect, as well as selecting an instructor, he offers new and not so new divers guidance. Additional sections on equipment options, air supply management, dive planning, and dive selection for maximum learning potential are looked at.
Also included is a section on a subject often overlooked in recreational SCUBA diving - the after-effects of a diving accident and rescue/recovery on the rescuer and witnesses to the event. Post Traumatic Stress in Recreational Dive Rescues is a real possibility and one that must be looked at when executing dives with greater risk. Safety in training and after training is the heart of this work and the driving force behind its publication. James has experienced the best in training and that which left something to be desired. He gives examples of both throughout the work.
If you do not have his first book, it is highly recommended that you also acquire it as a companion to this one. While they do contain some sections of the same information, there are sections in the first book that are not included in this that are highly beneficial.
Additional info:
About the Author:James Lapenta was first certified as an Open Water Diver in 2004. He has numerous specialties from several agencies and earned his Instructor certification with the YMCA Scuba program in 2008. This subsequently became Scuba Educators International and he made the transition to it in October of 2008 and formed UDM Aquatic Services to offer instruction, and since 2011, equipment. He received his CMAS 2 Star Instructor Rating in August of 2010. Jim has logged dives in conditions ranging from warm, clear water in the Florida Keys, Bonaire and Puerto Rico, and Technical Dives to the cold depths of Lake Erie and the St. Lawrence River. A fan and proponent of local diving, he has explored numerous lakes and quarries in West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. As of 2013, he has certified or assisted in the certification of over 170 students from Junior Open Water to Dive Master. He specializes in working with younger people and others needing extra attention for any reason. Jim has authored a course in Underwater Navigation for SEI Diving, and has developed a new Advanced Open Water course that has drawn students from hundreds of miles away. He is also a co-author and editor of a course in Search and Recovery and entry level Public Safety Diving. In 2011 his book SCUBA: A Practical Guide for the New Diver was officially released. It now has readers in 20 countries on six continents. Making him an internationally known author in the Scuba Diving community. Most recently in 2012 he added to his instructor ratings by doing a crossover to SDI/TDI (Scuba Diving International/Technical Diving International) to offer classes and specialties in Deep, Wreck, Night/Limited Visibility, Computer Nitrox, and TDI Nitrox and TDI Intro to Tech classes. He is also a fully authorized HOG Equipment Service Clinic Instructor.