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L\u2019article \u00ab Casques de plong\u00e9e historiques \u00bb du deuxi\u00e8me trimestre 2024 d\u2019 Alert Diver<\/em> a raviv\u00e9 des souvenirs de mon p\u00e8re, Burton Stewart, et de son meilleur ami, Leno Prestini. En 1935, ils ont fabriqu\u00e9 leur propre \u00e9quipement de plong\u00e9e \u00e0 partir d\u2019un chauffe-eau, d\u2019un bidon \u00e0 lait, de tuyaux d\u2019arrosage et de caoutchouc de ballons Goodyear pour les combinaisons. Ils ont effectu\u00e9 de nombreuses plong\u00e9es autodidactes dans les lacs du nord-est de l\u2019\u00c9tat de Washington entre 1935 et 1936, utilisant leurs combinaisons avec un syst\u00e8me de pompage d\u2019air fait maison et un t\u00e9l\u00e9phone bidirectionnel, descendant souvent jusqu\u2019\u00e0 27 m\u00e8tres (90 pieds) de profondeur.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leno et mon p\u00e8re organisaient et r\u00e9alisaient toutes sortes d\u2019aventures tout en travaillant dans une briqueterie de terre cuite, inventant ou construisant tout ce dont ils avaient besoin. Leurs p\u00e9rip\u00e9ties incluaient la construction d\u2019un radeau pour descendre le canyon Z, l\u2019ascension de la chemin\u00e9e de 33 m\u00e8tres de la briqueterie o\u00f9 ils travaillaient, la fabrication et l\u2019utilisation d\u2019un tremplin de ski, et m\u00eame la mise en place d\u2019une exploitation mini\u00e8re d\u2019or sur une rivi\u00e8re. Leurs aventures sont relat\u00e9es dans les archives et publications des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s historiques de Loon Lake, Clayton et Deer Park, dans l\u2019\u00c9tat de Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Mon p\u00e8re m\u2019a transmis l\u2019envie constante de chercher l\u2019aventure, surtout sous l\u2019eau. Il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, j\u2019ai effectu\u00e9 une plong\u00e9e \u00e0 30 m\u00e8tres dans le silo de missiles Titan pr\u00e8s de Royal City, dans l\u2019\u00c9tat de Washington. Je suis certain que mon p\u00e8re et Leno auraient eux aussi tent\u00e9 l\u2019exp\u00e9rience s\u2019ils avaient eu acc\u00e8s \u00e0 un silo rempli d\u2019eau \u00e0 leur \u00e9poque. \u00bb<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Leno, qui est devenu un artiste reconnu, a immortalis\u00e9 leur descente en radeau dans une peinture. La Stevens County Historical Society \u00e0 Colville, dans l\u2019\u00c9tat de Washington, conserve aujourd\u2019hui la plupart de ses \u0153uvres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apr\u00e8s le mariage de mon p\u00e8re en 1946, lui et Leno sont rest\u00e9s de bons amis tout en vivant \u00e0 Clayton, Washington. \u00c0 ma naissance en 1947, mon p\u00e8re est devenu un homme de famille, tandis que Leno poursuivait sa carri\u00e8re artistique dans un atelier local, mais ils continuaient \u00e0 plonger de temps en temps. Mon p\u00e8re gardait son casque de plong\u00e9e accroch\u00e9 \u00e0 une branche dans notre jardin jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa mort. Ce casque et les chaussures qu\u2019il avait fabriqu\u00e9es se trouvent maintenant dans l\u2019ancienne \u00e9cole, si\u00e8ge de la Loon Lake Historical Society.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mon p\u00e8re savait tout inventer, fabriquer et r\u00e9parer, ou presque, et je r\u00e9alise aujourd\u2019hui que l\u2019avoir observ\u00e9 et aid\u00e9 a orient\u00e9 mon choix de devenir ing\u00e9nieur en m\u00e9canique. En grandissant au milieu de leurs histoires, de leurs photos et de leurs objets, c\u2019est de lui et de Leno que j\u2019ai h\u00e9rit\u00e9 mon go\u00fbt pour l\u2019aventure. Mon p\u00e8re \u00e9tait un homme doux, patient, qui ne se vantait jamais de ses exp\u00e9riences ; il transmettait son sens de l\u2019aventure par ses actes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Leno Prestini et Burton Stewart dans leur \u00e9quipement de plong\u00e9e fait maison. Cr\u00e9dit : Charles Stewart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s avoir termin\u00e9 mes \u00e9tudes et trouv\u00e9 un emploi, je suis devenu pilote priv\u00e9 et j\u2019ai appris \u00e0 faire du rafting en eaux vives et de la plong\u00e9e sous-marine. Mon p\u00e8re s\u2019int\u00e9ressait toujours \u00e0 mes activit\u00e9s. Lorsque j\u2019ai obtenu mon brevet d\u2019instructeur de vol, il a pris des cours de pilotage avec moi, malgr\u00e9 ses 70 ans. \u00c0 plus de 80 ans, il faisait encore du ski alpin et descendait la rivi\u00e8re Salmon, dans l\u2019Idaho, en rafting avec ma femme, ma s\u0153ur et moi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mon p\u00e8re m\u2019a l\u00e9gu\u00e9 cette soif d\u2019aventure, surtout sous-marine. Il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, j\u2019ai plong\u00e9 \u00e0 30 m\u00e8tres dans le silo de missiles Titan pr\u00e8s de Royal City, dans l\u2019\u00c9tat de Washington. Je n\u2019ai aucun doute que mon p\u00e8re et Leno auraient tent\u00e9 l\u2019aventure eux aussi, s\u2019ils avaient eu acc\u00e8s \u00e0 un silo rempli d\u2019eau \u00e0 leur \u00e9poque. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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