One of the important inflection points was bringing sidemount diving out of the caves where the configuration was born, into open water.
Sidemount diving has now even spilled over into recreational diving-the configurational equivalent of recreational nitrox in the era of tech mixed gas diving. Like technical diving itself, what started in the cave community with small groups of experienced divers experimenting with DIY sidemount configs some three plus decades ago, has now blossomed into a mainstream, commercial tech diving activity in both cave and open water. Second, was, that we’ve been seeing tremendous growth and interest in sidemount diving we’ve been seeing. Diving is a technology-dependent activity to be sure. The seed of an idea for a sidemount issue grew out of two things: First was the popularity and interest of our NOV 2021 feature that celebrated our innate gear headedness: “ Annotated Tekkie,” which examined the question of what and how much kit is required to safely explore our underwater world. Call it, “The Joys of Sidemount.” But whether you already follow the Bogarthian way, or simply regard it all as “widemount,” I promise you there is something for you in this issue. The purpose of the issue is to celebrate the art and practice, as well as the equipment and culture of sidemount diving. 🎶 Pre-dive Clicklist: Dave Brubeck – Take Five 🎶Īt last, I am pleased to present InDEPTH’s long awaited sidemount edition, which has been in the works for over a year.
Cover collage by SJ Alice Bennett with photos by Jason Brown of Bardo and Stratis Kas. Special thanks to Michael Thomas and brand representatives who helped us. This feature was created by Steve Davis, Stratis Kas and Michael Menduno.
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