gastronomy
DIR Practitioner

Date of Birth

January 6

About gastronomy

Biography:

I dive.

Location:

Central Massachusetts

Interests:

competetive dog agility, culinary arts (foodie)

Occupation:

Public Safety Water Rescue Trainier / Light salvage recovery

Gender:

Male

eBay User Name:

forest_rothchild

Certification Agencies:

IDEA, PADI, NAUI, DRI, GUE, ACUC, LGS

Dive History:

Started Diving in July 2007 but with in my first year did over 250 dives. As a relatively new diver, everyone must start somewhere. I am not here to compete but rather enjoy the other 2/3 of the world that is generally not thought about or visited.

Certification History:

IDEA -OW, AOW, Nitrox, and Rescue Diving
PADI - Search and Recovery, Night Dive, Peak Buoyancy, Dry suit, Night Dive, Multilevel Diver, Dive Propulsion Vehicle, Equipment Specialist, Master Scuba Diver, and Dive Master (insured)
NAUI -Instructor
Dive Rescue International - Dive Rescue I & II (focus on boat base operations and light salvage recovery aka vehicle lifts), Med Dive Specialist, and Ice Dive Operations and Rescue
Team Life Guard Systems - Instructor
GUE (Global Underwater Explorers) - Buoyancy control and fundamentals, Tech 1

Certification Level:

Instructor

# of Logged Dives:

1,000 - 2,499

Dive Classification:

Instructor / Assistant Instructor / Dive Master / Dive Con

Years Certified:

Three Years

Dive Equipment:

DIR / Hogarthian rig... and the list goes on

SB Challenge:

growing gills