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My personal experience with getting the bends – (hint: it sucks!)

October 29, 2015 · by John Hanzl

Diving Orange Grove cave system

On July 4th I was five days into some intensive dive training in the caves of north central Florida. Unfortunately that particular day had a less-than-desirable outcome: I ended up getting fairly seriously bent.

Long story short, I ended up getting transported to Southern Georgia Medical Center where I spent five days alternating between the ICU and a hyperbaric chamber. My wife Amy had to fly down to drive me the 1,300 miles home, after which  I spent six weeks recovering. Just this past Friday I had a heart procedure that I hope is the last step in my recovery.

Though this was an intensely personal experience, I am sharing it because not only is it a somewhat interesting story, but I think it could be a some benefit to others who share a passion for diving… So if you want to hear about what happened, and why, check out this presentation I recently gave to the staff at the New England Aquarium:

 

Rebreather training

March 7, 2014 · by John Hanzl

This past December I packed up a mountain of gear and drove down to cave country in northern Florida to get my MOD 1 training on my Sentinel rebreather. It was, well, challenging. Which was exactly what I wanted. Personally if a challenge isn’t difficult then it’s not worth pursuing. Though the twelve+ hour days kept me too busy to really think about shooting any video or stills, I still managed to grab a little video on the last day of diving…

John

Diving the Andrea Doria

March 6, 2014 · by John Hanzl

Sit down, take a break from reading Out of Hell’s Kitchen, and check out this presentation I gave one diving what some people call the “Mount Everest of SCUBA diving” – the wreck of the Andrea Doria. It was quite an experience for me – one that I hope to revisit soon – and I’m happy to share it with you guys.

Enjoy and let me know what you think…

John

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