Crossing to the Dark Side: Nora's Personal Journey to Diving CCR Rebreather

We have had CCR's, Closed Circuit Rebreathers, at Deefer Diving for about 5 years. Until recently Nora had never really wanted to dive bubble free and in truth was a little bit intimidated by the units, the technology, and the 'Unknown unknowns'.
This changed earlier this year when Nora had the opportunity to take the IANTD Recreation CCR diver and Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures courses on our KISS Rebreathers.
It was an interesting transition for Nora as she went through the learning process and gained valuable experience. Now, after more than 1600 minutes of diving a rebreather, Nora wanted to share the story of her journey.
Rebreather technology is a lot older than many people think, with the first closed circuit rebreathers being used more than 50 years before Cousteau is accredited with making the first modern Aqualung. It just took a long time to technology to advance sufficient to make it safe enough for the average woman in the street. Diving bubble free is a truly unique experience, as you can not only dive deeper, and longer, but silently too. This makes your wildlife encounters just a lot more close and......
If you have any questions about learning to dive CCR and Nora's journey, feel free to drop her a message below and she'll be happy to walk you through her thoughts and experiences.
We use a combination of KISS Spirity mCCR's at Deefer, as well as having an AP Inspiration eCCR too. Details of their products can be found here:
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Nora also referenced this video Jon and Gary produced a few years back about how a rebreather works. It's well worth a watch as it really helps to understand what the technology is doing for you in simple terms...
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[@kevinoshea3944]

You are back! Great video. Crossing to the dark side has been amazing. I love it..Kevin

[@DeeferDivingCarriacou]

Nora was very happy to be able to learn ccr to dive with you Kev. We're both looking forward to having you back to do some more this winter

[@johnmontgomery2735]

Rebreather diving is a pretty hot topic right now. Can't wait to see where we're at in the next 10 years. Sure do miss seeing content from your great group down there! Hope to see more in the future!

[@DeeferDivingCarriacou]

Thanks John. Nora and I are working to try to bring this feature back. We've been gone for too long... You're right though, since much of the worlds helium is obtained in Russia its meant there has been a huge issue with availability and pricing. So for diving decompression, CCR is being seen as the only viable method. I'm also really looking forward to the developments over the next few years too - especially with what is going to happen with KISS

[@johnmontgomery2735]

@@DeeferDivingCarriacou they are on the front end of innovation for sure. Mike Young is a great driver of that!

[@freediverhd]

Going for my TEC 50 in a few weeks time...pity not ccr though.

[@DeeferDivingCarriacou]

That's still a good step though. Learning about the use of helium. For many, if they get the bug for decompression diving, the only choice is CCR due to the limited availability and PRICE of helium... My last week of deco diving in Florida caves, the helium bill was a little over US$100. An OC diver on the same program spent over US$1200. A couple of trips like that and you've paid for your CCR