PSAI China’s Overhead Sidemount Training in Mexico Training Report – May 2015
PSAI China instructor, Gallup Lee (ITE-85), conducted an Overhead Sidemount training course in Playa del Carmen, Mexico between May 16-21, 2015. Attending the training were Andrew Lau and Andrew Loh from Hong Kong and Leo Lui from Beijing, China.
The intensive five-day training took place in the clear waters of various cenotes including Carwash, Ponderosa, Grand, Minotauro and Nohoch Nah Chich where the students and instructor had to contend with the blistering sun and aggressive mosquitoes.
Students practiced various zero-visibility techniques including touch contact and bump-and-go in confined waters before proceeding to overhead environments.
From comprehensive pre-dive equipment checks to proper team formations, marker placement, gas management as well as line laying and jump protocols, the students were taught the necessary skills to ensure diver safety.
墨西哥側掛洞穴潛水訓練
PSAI中國的全洞穴教練李旭東在5月16至21日期間，聯同來自香港的劉顯順，羅星權和北京的劉毅三位同學，前往墨西哥進行了為期五天的側掛洞穴潛水訓練。
這幾天緊湊而嚴格的訓練其間，學員除了在清澈的泉水適應各個不同洞穴的環境變化外（包括：Carwash, Ponderosa, Grand, Minotauro和 Nohoch Nah Chich），更要和教練共同面對酷熱驕陽和無數惡蚊的嚴苛考驗。
訓練內容包括完整的下水前檢查，團隊配合，氣量管理，拉綫練習，標記運用，跳綫情序等， 再加上在開放及密閉的環境裹的無能見度溝通及行誰技巧，更重要的是學習如何在這種環境下進行安全的潛水。
