Being able to listen to music while doing casual diving is sure to be a nice thing for some folks: instead of listening for sounds of nearby boats or cries for help from fellow divers, music fans can snorkel around to the dulcet tones of, say, Huey Lewis. But folks who do serious SCUBA diving have been left out, and they routinely face one of the most mind-numbingly dull tasks of any diver: decompression. You’re tired, you’re cold, you’re hungry, maybe you’re starting to run out of air and that oxygen regulator is making a funny sound, but you can’t just go straight for the surface. Instead, you must perform a languid, staged ascent to avoid getting the bends—and potentially dying.
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