'Old' divers....lol....

[Mauifish]

Was in Alexandria, La. today bringing my reg. in for a tune up @ my old LDS..Also dropped some tax stuff off @ my mother's CPA & found out while talking to him, his BIL was flying back from Cozumel today----trick is he's an 81 y.o. active, scuba tripping diver........Apparently travels there often....Don't ask me what kind of profile he maintained this past week but he had a 'great time' according to the CPA(He called home yesterday cuz their jet had problems on CZM & they had to stay an extra nite...)


My question is, what's the oldest active traveling diver on the board....Being fairly new to this site, I have no idea...Hopefully I can join the geriatric club when /if I'm around.....lol.....My hats off to these people....

BTW, the CPA told me his BIL has had 2 total knees(on the same knee) & open heart surgery lately to put a valve in........OK, who is the oldest fart on board....I know my 54 y.o. age is like a spring chicken to some here.......GEAUX TIGERS........

Being originaly from the Alexandria area, I think I know who you are talking about, I believe I met the old gentleman at Mr Redferrin's LDS some years ago. I hope to be diving at that age, put it to you like this :14: "If I can't do what I want to do, just feed me to the sharks!"

 

[Sharky1948]

58 here. Diving since I was 16 on and off. Just taking Deco and Trimix training now, proving you can teach an old fart new tricks!

 

[Crawl79]

In St. Kitts there is an older guy that dives with the same shop I usually do pretty often. I think he is in his upper 70's. Austin tells me the only difference is that he usually puts his gear on and takes it off in the water.

 

[Bratface]

"And you know that you're over the hill when your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill"
from Old Folks Boogie by Little Feat

 

[diver 85]

Being originaly from the Alexandria area, I think I know who you are talking about, I believe I met the old gentleman at Mr Redferrin's LDS some years ago. I hope to be diving at that age, put it to you like this :14: "If I can't do what I want to do, just feed me to the sharks!"

I really don't know where the BIL is from(poss. Alex) but it was Jimmy Redferrin's LDS I went to(for reg)....In fact, Jimmy (from Leesville) used to work in DeRidder in the 70's & 80's for Ampacet & had a (parttime)LDS in Leesville, that's who certified my wife, oldest child, & myself in '85......Later he sold the Leesville Water Habitat to Donnie Haley & moved to Alex & opened another Water Habitat.....He now also sells real estate in the Alex area....small world.....

 

[erparamedic]

I know of one very fine gentleman on the boards that is an avid diver in his mid-70s. In fact... he has quite the "dive resume". I wish him many, many more years of diving!

 

[dkktsunami]

Am 63, have made trips this year to Belize and Little Cayman, will do between 300 and 400 dives this year if lucky.

 

[knotical]

My question is, what's the age of the oldest active traveling diver on the board...

I’m also 63, and only the third eldest active instructor in our shop.
I travel at least annually to dive.

I’m also not the oldest on this board: See:
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=135919
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=43741

But they didn't ask about traveling in those threads.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

I have a friend who's 79 and still diving ... in fact, he was just showing me pics from a recent trip to CocoView ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[mfalco]

I'm still young, but I have noticed that "old" people that dive tend to be in better shape (health & fitness) than others their age. Exercize seems to be the key to long healthy lives, and diving is great excercize.