Conrad Daubantan modeling his modified Castoro	This fine shot of Conrad Daubanton climbing back aboard the boat. Conrad dives a simple chest-worn 02 rebreather (C-96) as his basic loop, but has modified it to be fed gas from back mounted cylinders for Nitrox use. Here's what he said: "I had finished a rather short dive in a shallow cave on the northeastern coast of Spain, between L'Estartit and L'Escala. It was the unit's first dive in modified version, and yes, I had enough bailout: a 6 litre 300 bar cylinder. I don't look too happy because some #@*+?·"&!! was messy with his fins and silted out the cave basically spoiling what would have been a nicer dive. The rig is a modified chest mounted CCR-O2 rig for which I've made some injectors and run as a SCR with different nitrox mixes up to 42 metres. Chest mounted O2 cylinder comes in handy for deco purposes.  Not yet a finished rig, it's still in an experimental stage. Longest dive was a two hour swim between two coves and back to test long distance reliability, total distance about 1500 metres, 70 minutes to go there and 50 minutes to go back."              NICE JOB CONRAD!!!!
		The next two pictures come from another friend, Mark Webb-Johnson, who dove an Atlantis prior to getting the Mark-15 that he uses today. These are some of the nicest photos we've been sent. Mark has also shared some very nice pictures of his modified Mark-15 with offboard bailout, and you can check those pictures out HERE!
		Mark writes:  "Enclosed are two pictures of myself on modified Draeger Atlantis-1 (before my MK15 days) unit. Pictures were taken a couple of years ago in Turtle Cave, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia. Rebreather is basic Atlantis-1 shell and guts, but modified with standard stainless steel backplate + harness, side mounted double 40cuft tanks, and custom bailout system. Latest version of this rebreather is called the "bumble bee" due to it's yellow tanks and black shell. Thought you might like them for your rogue's gallery." Err... YES, we do like them! Like is an understatement. Keep 'em coming!!

Here we have a smiling (Yes, he's smiling!) Jason McHatten, diving his FGG-III. Jason has modified the Semi-Closed FGG-III into an electronically controlled CCR (!), which is a neat idea. Jason has a neat website about these rebreathers, so when you are done looking over the other rogues in the gallery, browse over and visit Trimixdivers.com right away! If I had a custom modified CCR made from a FGG-III, I'd be smiling too!

Men carry doubles!

Real men carry little doubles and drink tea!

This is why we use rebreathers. These photos of  Dr. Greg Grant, as supplied by Gordon Smith. As Gordon writes "The irony of these pictures is that the two sets of tanks give similar bottom times. The sixes are off of my girlfriends rebreather. The other tanks are OMS 100's. One of these weighs more than my girlfriends rebreather!" Greg dives one of Gordon's KISS rebreathers, a simple and elegent rig using the same constant mass of 02 injection system as found on my own Franken-Rig. Nice contrast in efficiency, eh?

Gordon writes: "One thing I forgot to mention about the mountain bike unicycle: See that fence in the background? The doctor said if I continue to show improvement someday they are going to let me go for a ride on the other side too!"

Now, I have to admit that Gordon Smith is one of my few heros. What else can one say about a guy that builds unicycle mountain bikes as well as the excellent KISS Rebreather?  Gordon has been gracious in providing me parts for some of my experiments, and is a real gentleman. If you'd like to see some of his rebreathers, take a look at the little page I wrote up just for him and his lovely dive-companion, Kim. I need to go up and visit these folks to do some diving and to try out the KISS. That's the *rebreather*, guys!               Check out Gordon's Photos!

This excellent photograph came with this nice note:   "I'll attach a photo of me in a dry suit and with a rebreather - c.1956!! Yes, that is correct. I started out with that gear, then to wet suits and scuba and now people are back to dry suits and rebreathers. Check out http://www.scubahistory.com for articles past and present about our diving activities." Kindest regards, Walt Deas, Seawest Productions Pty.Ltd., 11 Platypus Avenue, Isle of Sorrento, Gold Coast, Queensland 4217, Australia. Tel/Fax: +61 (0)7 55 388 231.            Drysuits and rebreathers indeed! What comes 'round, goes 'round.

Lars Bjaerris wrote: Hi Dave, I think it is good idea to make a Photo gallery with pictures of rb divers, and hopefully some of the list members. I've been checking your site for rb divers ( you excluded) but with no success, So here is a picture of the East End, Grand Cayman ( not the sharpest picture, but don't blame me I'm the diver in the picture ;-) Keep up the fine work, and make me semi famous. Regards Lars             Lars: You are semi-famous now! Atta Boy!

One of our rebreather friends (and fellow pilot) is Robert Lockard, who dives a Mark-15 and who has actually been spotted lurking in the airport-annex of the "Diveshop of Horrors". Here Robert checks out the easy chair on the Kona Aggressor, and models his Mark-15 at 250 feet on the wall at Grand Cayman.

New Jersey Wreck-Diving has some surprisingly good visibility. Here is Ken Koga Moriuchi examining some cold-water coral on the wreck of the Algol, using his Inspiration, one of just a few closed-circuit rebreathers on the NJ coast. Rebreathers are becoming more common on our local waters, with at least 8 closed circuit rigs now in use by local divers, as well as a bunch of SCC rigs.