Sidemount and Cave Diving History with Bill Rennaker and Lamar Hires

On October 27nd, 2018, Bill Rennaker and Lamar Hires were kind enough to talk to a group of cave divers at NFSA event and speak about the history behind sidemount diving and cave diving. The purpose of this video is to catalog and preserve the history from these prominent explorers. Part 2 will be posted soon.

[@stevemichel801]

Thanks for documenting this significant piece of diving history.

[@wepiv]

Thanks for this video. It's great to hear Bill's talk five years later, especially after he's no longer around. Hopefully, videos like this exist, or are being done with most of our older cave diving legends.

[@decompressedproductions]

This was a major reason for creating this channel. Stay tuned for more of this talk as well as more recently filmed interviews with more cave diving legends.

[@DebWDiver]

loved chatting with Bill when we visited, could sit and chat with him for hours, and Lamar of course such a great instructor learnt so much

[@JosephRojas-lb2ou]

Thanks for posting the video, I miss bill!

[@robertrandydenniston2455]

I was actually there that day. There was a provided lunch afterwards.

[@jamessteck]

Thank you so much for posting this.

[@decompressedproductions]

The date was actually 2018 not 2019

[@cavediver2561]

Awesome to relive this talk … although nothing like watching the man himself live and in living color !!! Rest easy my friend !!!

[@Sidemount_Ben]

This is great where did you come across this??

[@decompressedproductions]

I was there and recorded the presentation... stay tuned we have more coming ...