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Cedric Verdier
Bio:
Cedric Verdier is the founder of the TRIADE Project, established in 1999, discovering and exploring more than 20 virgin wrecks located in the south of France between 70 and 130m / 230 and 430 fsw. In 2002 he was the first diver to identify and dive the British Cruiser HMS Manchester off Tunisia. Amongst other dive 'Firsts' he pushed the limits of the Sra Keow cave in Thailand, using his Megalodon Closed Circuit Rebreather.
Cedric Verdier is the founder of the TRIADE Project, established in 1999, discovering and exploring more than 20 virgin wrecks located in the south of France between 70 and 130m / 230 and 430 fsw. In 2002 he was the first diver to identify and dive the British Cruiser HMS Manchester off Tunisia. Amongst other dive 'Firsts' he pushed the limits of the Sra Keow cave in Thailand, using his Megalodon Closed Circuit Rebreather.
He was also a member of the Yamashiro Project and is the only diver who explored the Japanese Battleship HIJMS Yamashiro sunk in the Battle of Leyte in the Philippines in November 1944 and resting at a depth of 196m / 650 ft.
Cedric is a PADI Course Director and a Trimix Instructor Trainer for IANTD, PSAI, ANDI, DSAT and TDI. He spends most of his time teaching cave and mixed-gas rebreather courses at the diver and the instructor level. He is a past Regional Manager for PADI Europe and DAN and has written 5 books and more than 150 articles about diving. He was recently appointed as the NACD Cave Diving Safety officer for South-East Asia.
As he is always traveling all over the world, you can mainly contact him by email at info@cedricverdier.com
Publications in X-RAY Mag
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Published in X-Ray Issue: 28 - Mar 2009
|The use of rebreathers in caves is nothing new. Decades ago, Hans and Lotte Hass used them to venture into marine caves. Profiles like Rob Palmer in the UK, Bill Stone, George Irvine and Jarrod Jablonski in the USA, or Olivier Isler in Europe, are also strongly linked to rebreathers and cave diving.Download pdf: Rebreather for Cave Diving_____ -
Published in X-Ray Issue: 25 - Sep 2008
|One morning, sooner or later, you will wake up with a strange sensation—as if some minor and weird changes happened in your body overnight. You are not turning into another Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, but in the recent weeks you have come to find your dives to be very noisy with all the bubbles escaping from your regulator starting to get on your nerves. All your dive gear has also started to feel very heavy, with all these tanks and regulators to carry everywhere.Download pdf: What to think about..._____ -
Published in X-Ray Issue: 23 - May 2008
|There is no such thing as safe technical rebreather diving without proper preparation. But preparation means much more than just checking equipment, going through dive planning and “What-ifs”. It is also a matter of long-term preparation.Download pdf: Fitness for technical divers_____ -
Published in X-Ray Issue: 23 - May 2008
|What is DIRrebreather? Since its implementation a few years ago, the Doing It Right (DIR) philosophy has gained in popularity not only in the cave diving community and amongst technical divers, but it has also spread to the recreational diving community across the world.Download pdf: What is DIRrebreather?_____ -
Published in X-Ray Issue: 22 - Mar 2008
|Do you plan to explore a deep virgin wreck? Is it your dream to discover a unique cave system deep in the jungle? Have you heard about a Blue Hole miles off shore and want to give it a try? In any case, chances are you’ll be diving in a remote location where emergency medical systems are not much more frequent and up-to-date than traffic lights in the Himalayas.Download pdf: Rescue in Remote locations_____ -
Published in X-Ray Issue: 21 - Feb 2008
|It has been a year now since I started to exclusively side-mount the off-board tanks of my rebreather—either a Megalodon CCR or an Evolution CCR. Why? Simply because it’s much more convenient!Download pdf: A matter of Convenience_____ -
Published in X-Ray Issue: 20 - Dec 2007
|How to deal with an unconscious rebreather diver? The title of this article was originally: “What to do if a convulsion happens”.Download pdf: Rebreather Rescue_____ -
Published in X-Ray Issue: 19 - Oct 2007
|Bailing out to Open Circuit is like falling in the snow when you are learning to ski. It’s a solution when facing a problem—not always the most elegant solution, but always the easiest one, and most of the time, the most efficient one. But Open Circuit bail-out is actually much more than simply going off the loop and breathing from another second stage. There are lots of possibilities.Download pdf: Bailout on a rebreather_____ -
Published in X-Ray Issue: 18 - Aug 2007
|Discussions about diving are very often boring—always the same stories about numerous sharks dangerously close, strong current ripping a mask off or friendly dolphins playing during a deco stop. WeDownload pdf: Solo Diving on a rebreather_____ -
Published in X-Ray Issue: 17 - Jun 2007
|There used to be a time when there was no safety margin in any activity that the human being wanted to participate in. In a merciless prehistoric world, on a daily basis, the cave men were hunting with stones and sticks, a large variety of predators the size of a truck, expecting to feed a hungry family. Then, Winchester gave men the ability to kill wild animals while staying at a comfortable distance, without risking their lives. Safety margin was born.Download pdf: Safety Margins_____ -
Published in X-Ray Issue: 16 - Apr 2007
|Most of the articles one can find about rebreathers deal with potential problems and limits of these wonderful pieces of kit. They give extensive information about oxygen sensors, scrubber duration, eDownload pdf: Rebreather Comfort_____ -
Published in X-Ray Issue: 15 - Feb 2007
|Henry Nelson. Does the name ring a bell? You’ll not find him in any history book or see any monuments to his honor. However, the thousands of scuba divers who visit Vanuatu every year should bless this name. This former French/English colony, which was named New Hebrides till 1980, was also the second most important US base in the pacific during WWII. The 80 islands strategically located between Fiji and Australia is still home to some remains of this strange time. Amongst them is the wreck of the SS President Coolidge.Download pdf: President Coolidge_____
