UTD Journal Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2014 | Página 5

block and progressive approach with the students in mind. • Third, the concept of rock bottom, or minimum gas, where every diver carries enough gas to bring two divers to the next available gas source, either the surface, a deco bottle, or stage bottle. Upon his return to Singapore after the San Diego IDC, he started promoting UTD and Hogarthian philosophies and encouraged divers to become “thinking divers.” Over the next few years, he contributed greatly to the growth of UTD divers and instructors across Asia and the Philippines. Now UTD has grown to over 18 instructors in this Asia Pacific region. As a UTD Cave Instructor, Poh Chang plays an active role in contributing to the growth of the local cave community. In 2013 he conducted multiple cave courses in Philippines and in 2014 will see him venturing into China and Indonesia. His diving has been mainly in exploring the deep wrecks in South China Sea, spectacular wall diving in Celebes Seas, and atolls of the India Ocea