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Hello,I will be able to answer your questions regarding oil field diving, commercial equipment,salvage diving,saturation and mixed gas diving, as well as deep diving tecniques,and it`s related physiology,treatment,and hazards.

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Commercial diver since 1986
Graduated(honors) from Coastal School of Deep Sea Diving (Oakland,Calif.-1986)

What do you like about this subject?

The challenges of working and living undersea,knowing that each day is different from the previous one,and realizing that mother nature doesn't care that you are getting paid for it.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

A lot of the training that is done by astronauts for space missions, is first simulated underwater.

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Jay04/22/09101010Thanks Gary for your answer
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Sarah09/26/0810101010Very helpful indeed, great expert !
Mitchell06/07/0710101010Thanks a lot! That helps :)
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Recent Answers from Gary Shonert

2009-10-07 School Closing:

Hello Rodney, I really don't know if Capt. Mikalowski is still living. I know that the College has been closed for quite some time, but as to whether the Capt. is still living, or has passed on i am not

2009-08-20 Coastal School of Deep Sea Diving:

Hello Mark, I believe i saw an article on it's closing quite a while back, and if i am correct it would have been in 1989, but i am not 100% sure. It might have been 1991. I have not seen anything online

2009-06-30 decompresion sickness:

Hello Jim, Headaches remain a problem for many divers, especially for beginners,(I don't know your level of expertise) as tension and anxiety play a big roll in causing headaches.By what you have told

2009-01-19 Coastal School diploma:

Hello John, Good to hear from someone that went to the same school as i did! The school has been gone for quite a while, so it may not be that easy to get a replacement copy of your Diploma. I don't

2009-01-16 Diving after the bends:

Hello Richard, Sorry to hear about your problem. It would have been much better for you if recompression was done initially, however you can't change that now. Technically, Helium would reduce your chances

 

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