The Diving Pranksters
I both hated and loved my first job as a dive instructor. I hated the job because it was a diver-certifying factory – highly regimented...
Some Hot Wristed Diver Action
Diving tends to throw me into improbable situations. For example, I have found myself hiking down the federal highway in Mexico in a...
Taking The Plunge With A Scuba Wedding
Many divers are opting to ‘take the plunge’ quite literally with a SCUBA Wedding. Underwater weddings are becoming increasingly popular...
What It's Like to Dive to the Deepest Spot on Earth
The boom could have signaled death. The impact shook the deep-diving bathyscaphe Trieste as Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard and I reached...
What it's like to search for a dead body.
In my heavy vulcanized rubber drysuit, I’m sweating in the heat of an early summer day. As the boat slows I brace myself, and a team...
A Universal Language
"I was nervous. The divers I was contracted to guide spoke only French. Short of introducing myself and demanding chocolate, coffee, or...
