The BiG Scuba Podcast… with Ian, Gemma and Rosemary!

Published 5 years agoon May 20, 2021

Ian and Gemma chat among themselves and are also are joined by Rosemary Lunn who answers some scuba diving questions and brings us some interesting news items.

New member of the team Rosemary (Roz) brings news about a campaign being launched by the Rebreather Training Council. It’s encouraging all rebreather divers to use a checklist every time they hit the water. A checklist is probably the cheapest piece of life support equipment a technical diver will own, but it will look after you, dive after dive. We talk about how a recreational diver can prepare a similar checklist too.

AP diving is a UK based company that has recently developed and manufactured a new rebreather strap.

We talk about physical dive fitness and the mental fitness too. Roz is involved in https://www.facebook.com/groups/timetosurface. It’s a Facebook group that is a safe space for exploring ideas above and below the surface. There will be some free workshops so do take some time to register to take part.

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The BiG Scuba Podcast

The BiG Scuba Podcast is a UK based podcast, discussing everything to do with diving, other underwater and on the water activities and the ocean. Our hope is to promote scuba diving to more people including women. Ian Last and Gemma Kemp are the “I” and the “G” of The BiG Scuba Podcast. Ian is a PADI Divemaster, with about 300 dives from diving in the UK, Mexico and Red Sea. He works with our local PADI Dive Centre in Norwich, Norfolk and also teaches in the water. Gemma Kemp is a very positive person and makes a good ambassador for new women divers in the sport of scuba. Gemma began her scuba journey in January and continued studying through lockdown and then got some experience in our local rivers snorkelling. Gemma completed her PADI Open Water qualification in July 2020 and now has completed just short of 20 dives. We actively encourage interaction with our listeners and have a Patron page so that anyone with an interest in scuba diving can have a voice at The BiG Scuba Podcast. Take your first breaths with The BiG Scuba at thebigscubapodcast.com