On Wednesday 8th November 2017 Ian France came to the club to introduce some of his favorite cave and mine diving locations around the world in a talk at East Cheshire Sub Aqua Club.
The talk asked Is overhead diving right for you and what skills, experience and attributes you need to bring.
Ian went through some of the world’s best cave and mine locations from Ginnie Springs in Florida, through the Cenotes of Mexico to caves and mines in the UK. There were a few shivers and gasps from the crowd when Ian showed a film of a tight crawl through a sump wearing wetsuit and wellies but he had us all back on side when he showed the incredible viz and stunning scenery in some of the other locations he has dived.
The video of the tight crawl is below:
Ian is a passionate. experienced, full time technical diving Instructor Trainer, providing OC & CCR Cave, Mine and Technical diver training at diver and instructor level throughout the world.
With a wealth of experience in all kit configurations, both OC and CCR, and a regular instructor at Tekcamp (www.tekcamp.co.uk), Cave Camp (www.cavecamp.com), fundamental in the UKMC (www.ukmine-cave.com), and when not teaching – a very active diver exploring caves, mines, and the ocean. What really motivates Ian is a desire to pass on his experience and knowledge to students so that they too can discover the intrigue and delights of the underwater world and believes that the wrecks, caves and unexplored areas of the world are accessible to all divers with the correct training, equipment and knowledge.
Ian started his teaching career in 2005, teaching open circuit technical courses up to Advanced Trimix. Now specialising in Mine, Cave and Trimix diving as an Advanced Cave diving instructor. When not teaching, Ian spends his time exploring caves and flooded mines.
What really motivates Ian is the desire to pass on his experience and knowledge to students so that they too can discover the intrigue and delights of the underwater world and believes that the
wrecks, caves and unexplored areas of the world are accessible to all divers with the correct training, equipment and knowledge.
He now runs open circuit technical courses both here in the UK, France, Spain, Azores, Malta, Mexico and Florida.