Kevrumbo:
I agree, "Diver Down" is a real eye opener. I learned a great deal from this book, but it can be a bit depressing sometimes...
"DIR: The Fundamentals of Better Diving" is a terrific book too!
Scuba books worth reading?
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I agree, "Diver Down" is a real eye opener. I learned a great deal from this book, but it can be a bit depressing sometimes...
"DIR: The Fundamentals of Better Diving" is a terrific book too!
Sasquatch
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Another vote for "Shadow Divers". It's very well written, entertaining and enlightening.
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Seconded ... all in favor.namabiru:You know, the topic of books comes up a whole lot. I wonder if maybe a sticky should be made which we can add to, rather than always starting new threads. Because this one really DOES have some great information!
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I'm a newbie and I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned The Last Dive. I couldn't put it down - I learned so much about technical diving - what it is, how it all began, and it's development through the early 2000's - all through personal stories from the people who were there.
More importantly, I learned so much about safety. Here's an example - Chowdhury (I even remember the author's name) mentions being a dive instructor and being worried about a certain type of diver who immediately looks to the surface and wants to bolt when something goes wrong. Through personal stories he talks about it being a challenge to train these divers and how critical it is that "problems that happen underwater have to be dealt with underwater." As I tend to bolt, this was critical information for me.
I can't explain why this book vs. my training and/or manuals got this idea across, but somehow it did (along with many other practical insights, ideas, recommendations, etc.) Maybe it was giving the lessons through personal stories/history that made the difference.
Regardless, I thought The Last Dive was a great book and I would highly recommend it. I wonder if the more experienced and trained divers on this site feel otherwise. I'd love to know why/understand if this is the case.
More importantly, I learned so much about safety. Here's an example - Chowdhury (I even remember the author's name) mentions being a dive instructor and being worried about a certain type of diver who immediately looks to the surface and wants to bolt when something goes wrong. Through personal stories he talks about it being a challenge to train these divers and how critical it is that "problems that happen underwater have to be dealt with underwater." As I tend to bolt, this was critical information for me.
I can't explain why this book vs. my training and/or manuals got this idea across, but somehow it did (along with many other practical insights, ideas, recommendations, etc.) Maybe it was giving the lessons through personal stories/history that made the difference.
Regardless, I thought The Last Dive was a great book and I would highly recommend it. I wonder if the more experienced and trained divers on this site feel otherwise. I'd love to know why/understand if this is the case.
H2Andy
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The Bolter:
ooops...
actually, i meant to include The Last Dive
as you say, one of the great books
verybaddiver
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The Last Dive is a terrible book, about people who did dives they couldn't afford and took risks beyond what they should of. I'm sorry but how can you advocate a book in which the central character do deep air diving just because they didn't have the funds for trimix. ok i don't like the story, this isn't the main reason i dislike the book. It's too much of a damned personal account of the life of Chowdhury, and goes into more tangents than i've ever seen. Shadow divers is a very good book, about the Doria, this simply isn't
Other books:-
Jarrods GUE books , all 3
Costeau - the silent world
PADI - nitrox
PADI - dry suit (i did find it useful, amazingly)
Deeper into diving
Shadow Divers
Oxygen and the diver (this book is ~$500, so you have to WANT it
oatd, is a book about the effects of O2 on humans under pressure, basically it's a book about feeding people oxygen until they have o2 fits. pretty interesting, especially makes you respect the MOD levels of Nitrox
.
I am currently reading a few of the PADI specialty books (i aint doing the courses) and some of them are quite useful, even though they are padded with alot of crap.
Other books:-
Jarrods GUE books , all 3
Costeau - the silent world
PADI - nitrox
PADI - dry suit (i did find it useful, amazingly)
Deeper into diving
Shadow Divers
Oxygen and the diver (this book is ~$500, so you have to WANT it
oatd, is a book about the effects of O2 on humans under pressure, basically it's a book about feeding people oxygen until they have o2 fits. pretty interesting, especially makes you respect the MOD levels of Nitrox
.I am currently reading a few of the PADI specialty books (i aint doing the courses
) and some of them are quite useful, even though they are padded with alot of crap.
H2Andy
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verybaddiver:
well, the characters in the Last DIve are a disaster waiting to happen.
the book itself is a great book, and good learning tool (don't do this, kids)
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