I REMEMBER SITTING AT MY COMPUTER while thinking about all the ibuprofen I had been popping for the past 18 hours and wondering why I still had the dull, aching pain in my shoulder. Could this be more than soreness from carrying gear back and forth from our shore entry point or exertion from a […]
While growing up I had two lifelong goals: become a diver and join the military to be part of the elite Special Operations Forces. I became a certified diver in […]
I TAKE A GIANT STRIDE off the back of the boat and splash into a cascade of tingling, magical bubbles. The sea’s embrace is chilly; I can feel the 74˚F water through my 5 mm wetsuit and thick 4 mm hood. My vision clears as the …
DAN EMERGENCY SERVICES RECEIVED A CALL via satellite phone from a liveaboard anchored off a remote island in the Galápagos. A DAN member was concerned about their bunkmate exhibiting symptoms following the day’s dive activities. The diver had completed four dives that day. Although she began to show symptoms following the second dive, the inexperienced […]
A COMMERCIAL DIVER FRIEND TOLD ME YEARS AGO that people like me — recreational divers who do commercial diving work — are often referred to as yahoos.
I was always comfortable underwater and, at 78 years old, still am.
Ma première confrontation avec la réalité en tant que professionnel de la plongée a eu lieu après une semaine de travail avec un couple. Chaque jour, ils demandaient des guides de plongée privés et une assistance personnalisée.
EN TANT QUE PLONGEURS, NOUS DEVONS prendre des mesures supplémentaires lors de nos vérifications avant la plongée pour nous assurer que notre binôme dispose de son équipement de sécurité et de signalisation afin d'être prêts en cas d'urgence.
EN TANT QU'OFFICIER DE LA FAUNE, je passe d'innombrables heures sur l'eau. En tant qu'instructeur de la National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI), j'ai également passé beaucoup de temps à enseigner et à plonger.
