My name is Tim Blömeke, I’m a technical diving instructor in Taiwan and the Philippines, a cave and rebreather diver, as well as a writer and member of the editorial team for Alert Diver (EU) magazine.
Please see my blog for a collection of articles I wrote for various publications. If you’re interested in the courses I teach, would like me to write about a project you’re working on, or just want to say hi, please get in touch.
LATEST BLOG POSTS
The Mirage of Mount Stupid: Diving and the Dunning-Kruger Effect
The Dunning-Kruger effect isn’t real! Or is it? My latest piece for Alert Diver is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek deep dive into the intricacies, popular reception, and criticism of the Internet’s most popular psychology study and how it pertains, or doesn’t, to diving.Read here: https://alertdiver.eu/en_US/articles/the-mirage-of-mount-stupid-diving-and-the-dunning-kruger-effect
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Notes from Rebreather Forum 4
I had the pleasure and the honor to cover RF4 for DAN Europe last month. It was an amazing experience meeting the Who’s Who of technical diving, hyperbaric science, and diving technology. I certainly learned a lot, met some really cool people who do great things, and took home a whole list of ideas for…
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Should there be a Shore Diving specialty class?
Shore diving in Taiwan is pretty special and something that is close to my heart. I’m glad I got to write about it for the Alert Diver blog.
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An Ode to the Double Ender
DAN Europe is giving away a nice double-ended bolt snap to members this year and asked me to write a piece extolling its virtues. Here’s my venture into advertainment writing… https://alertdiver.eu/en_US/articles/how-to-use-a-double-ended-bolt-snap
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Back to the Philippines as pandemic restrictions end
(personal blog post) With travel to and from Taiwan possible again without mandatory quarantine, I was finally able to visit the Philippines for the first time since January 2020. While much has changed in and around my old haunt of Puerto Galera (Mindoro), and quite a few dive shops in the area have closed (in…
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