Diving Above Sea Level

by B.R. Wienke

Bruce Wienke, Director of the Computational Testbed for Industry, Los Alamos National Laboratory, has a dedicated interest in diving. He is an Instructor Trainer with NAUI and serves on the Decompression Review Board. He is also a Master Instructor with PADI and serves on their Instructor Review Committee. In this book, Wienke addresses "need-to-know" information for training or diving in mountains or high plateau regions. In only 66 pages of easy-to-read text, accompanied by scientific charts, he explains why higher altitudes require changes in diving regimens and how to conservatively change protocols to rectify altitude differences.

66 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1993

Reviews

[Petra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely "easy to read"; not necessarily "easy to understand" without careful reading and some thought. A small book and very much worth reading.
Not being an expert on diving protocol, this book gave me lots of pertinent, well-laid out and explained information, such as bubble dynamics, doppler assessment/theory of venous gas emboli, detailed explanation of Haldane's half-time theory & how its applied to the US Dive tables, lots of clear & well-laid out info on critical tensions.
An excellent explanation and reference book.