Avoiding Panic After Regulator Failure
Are you prepared to handle a faulty regulator? Here is how one person handled this hazardous situation and DAN’s response to the handling.
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Are you prepared to handle a faulty regulator? Here is how one person handled this hazardous situation and DAN’s response to the handling.
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Tenerife is the largest of the eight islands that form the Canary Islands archipelago, which is part of Spain but located off the coast of Africa near Morocco and Western Sahara. Often called the “island of eternal spring” because of its sunshine and pleasant climate throughout the entire year, Tenerife is reliable and affordable, and the diving is good all year. For travelers who are not interested in diving or water sports, Tenerife offers cultural, culinary, entertainment and leisure activities as well as numerous museums and historical sites.
Have you ever seen an anchored sailboat with wetsuits and regulators hanging from the rigging and wondered what it was like for those divers? While there are benefits of living aboard and diving from your own boat, there are challenges as well. Every adventure has risks. But we can wake up in our own bed, don our gear at sunrise and slip into the sea to spend an hour alone underwater with mantas, sharks and dolphins, and it’s worth it.
We can do something simple to help our colleagues working in dive operations worldwide. If you have a dive trip booked in the next few months and are not certain the trip will happen, reschedule it instead of canceling. Book it for the same time next year or six months from now if you think travel will be less restrictive by then. Rescheduling is easy and gives you something to look forward to when we are able to venture out again — an awesome prepaid dive trip.
At age 20, Mehgan Heaney-Grier made freediving history, touching off a storm of media attention and putting freediving on the map in the U.S. She later pursued underwater projects both as a freediver and scuba diver. Her newfound fame, aquatic talents and photogenic appearance led to several television and movie projects. She is now focusing on projects such as conservation, connecting people with the sea, and the empowerment of women. She is a frequent keynote speaker, collaborates with a variety of nonprofit organizations and has begun leading water-based expeditions.
At Divers Alert Network, our commitment to making diving safer runs deep. The members of DAN’s board of directors have spent their careers managing risk, exploring the underwater world and supporting those who dive. These are our directors and the reasons they dedicate their time to DAN.