Talk about having a vicarious thrill from your amazing experience! Thank you, Jason, for sharing the beauty and adventure of your trip. I also enjoyed your discussion of traditional and current diving technologies and their impact on your experience. I am now going to enviously revisit yours and Gishani's IG feeds about this incredible trip. 😎
I’ve dreamt of diving CCR since I read about them while over-preparing for my open water cert. Thanks for taking me there, brother. This whole post is an indelible daydream.
I also greatly appreciate your perspective and description of the FF Tech. This was the original idea Ballesta referenced ever so briefly in your interview with him, if I recall correctly. The one gadget he could think of that would be genuinely useful to him in an analog watch. If it’s good enough for Laurent, it’s more than good enough for me.
What a lovely article. It is this kind of writing that highlights the staleness of traditional watch content.
Is this watch for me? Not really; I am a desk diver (although it would have been useful for my three-hour law school finals). Do I feel like I was sucked in to your adventure and come away with wishful thinking, romanticizing the lifestyle this watch projects? Absolutely.
Another superbly written piece Jason. I appreciated your perspective on Blancpain’s innovation here, compared to most other commentators who are looking at it critically from a narrow perspective. And you’re spot on re time v depth - hopefully we see more features like this in the coming years. Cheers, Leigh
What an amazing adventure. That new watch is such a cool piece of kit, too.
In light of my recent chance to observe ice diving I'm curious to know if you can ice dive with a rebreather, too? I'm assuming you can but since I know nothing about how they work, it wouldn't surprise me if you can't.
Thanks for sharing another one of your adventures with us.
Rebreathers do just fine under the ice or simply in very cold water. Many of the technical wreck divers in the Great Lakes use them, and Ballesta and the Gombessa team used them to go very deep in Antarctica. The only caveat is, they're not as great for managing buoyancy in shallow water. I remember one year I was ice diving with a guy who had a rebreather and he struggled with the shallow lake and the ice above.
What an fantastic story Jason! Pieces like this are what makes you the best in the industry.
Many thanks, Dan!
Talk about having a vicarious thrill from your amazing experience! Thank you, Jason, for sharing the beauty and adventure of your trip. I also enjoyed your discussion of traditional and current diving technologies and their impact on your experience. I am now going to enviously revisit yours and Gishani's IG feeds about this incredible trip. 😎
Well said Dan I couldn't agree more with your comments! Jason's dad.
I’ve dreamt of diving CCR since I read about them while over-preparing for my open water cert. Thanks for taking me there, brother. This whole post is an indelible daydream.
I also greatly appreciate your perspective and description of the FF Tech. This was the original idea Ballesta referenced ever so briefly in your interview with him, if I recall correctly. The one gadget he could think of that would be genuinely useful to him in an analog watch. If it’s good enough for Laurent, it’s more than good enough for me.
What a lovely article. It is this kind of writing that highlights the staleness of traditional watch content.
Is this watch for me? Not really; I am a desk diver (although it would have been useful for my three-hour law school finals). Do I feel like I was sucked in to your adventure and come away with wishful thinking, romanticizing the lifestyle this watch projects? Absolutely.
Keep up the amazing work, sir.
I'm not sure which I liked more, the pictures or the story. That was an excellent piece, Jason.
Another superbly written piece Jason. I appreciated your perspective on Blancpain’s innovation here, compared to most other commentators who are looking at it critically from a narrow perspective. And you’re spot on re time v depth - hopefully we see more features like this in the coming years. Cheers, Leigh
Thanks for sharing this journey with such vivid description. I know this is your job (life) but I appreciate it. Can't wait for the next one!
Fantastic stuff.
What an amazing adventure. That new watch is such a cool piece of kit, too.
In light of my recent chance to observe ice diving I'm curious to know if you can ice dive with a rebreather, too? I'm assuming you can but since I know nothing about how they work, it wouldn't surprise me if you can't.
Thanks for sharing another one of your adventures with us.
Rebreathers do just fine under the ice or simply in very cold water. Many of the technical wreck divers in the Great Lakes use them, and Ballesta and the Gombessa team used them to go very deep in Antarctica. The only caveat is, they're not as great for managing buoyancy in shallow water. I remember one year I was ice diving with a guy who had a rebreather and he struggled with the shallow lake and the ice above.