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@Ulfhedinn
A dive master candidate who does not log dives
if you don't log dives how will you know what cove, lake or mud hole you have dove -- or will dive in?
recall I am just an inquisitive slow thinking slow talking slow walking broken down diver from SoCal
It is acknowledged by all dive historians that recreational diving began in SoCal in the 1930s by the San Diego Bottom Scratchers Spearfishing club. (oh the Horror ! Spearfishing in 1930)
Therefore, why not began your ambitious diving adventure where it all began at La Jolla cove in San Diego ?
FYI
I have posted this numerous times before..,.The 1949 issue of Nat Geo - I have a copy and knew and dove with many in the issue. It is a glimpse at recreational diving at La Jolla Cove in San Diego before recreational diving became an international activity.
SDM
The 1949 National Geographic magazine article "Goggle fishing in California Waters," Vol ZCV #5,May 1949, is considered by most serious diving magliophile/bibliophile as the fountainhead of magazine articles devoted to spear fishing and the beginning of recreational diving in the US.
And it all took place in La Jolla Cove
Universally known as the "Bottom Scratcher issue," by diving "Magophiles" Pages 615 to 632 are jammed packed with the photographs of Lamar Boren, who later gained fame as the photographer of the Sea Hunt series, there are 7 B&W photographs, 12 "natural color" photographs (in 1949 color photography was in it's infancy) and with a text written by professional National Geographic staff member. This issue should be on every collector/historian library and bucket list to dive !
There is a historical significance of articles of this era that provide a glimpse in to a the genesis of the sport and should be cherished as one of the great historical documents...The crude early Churchill fins; the homemade equipment; the masks, the jab sticks (pole spears) the lack of thermal protection...All these items were in the process of future development.
So by visiting and hopefully diving La Jolla Cove you are diving "where it all began" in California by the Bottom Scratchers spear fishing club - made
Only a few remain who were participants of that bygone era and they are rapidly dwindling in numbers, soon they all will be gone... The last Bottom Scratcher was Jim Stewart whos Bio is in the legends of this board
I would suggest that you goggle the Nat/Geo article, (perhaps bring a copy with you for visually comparing 1949 vs 2019-the difference 70 years makes) So as a Californian dive into history - La Jolla Cove -- where it all began!
During your down time I would recommend a trip tp the Scrips Aquarium, perhaps a leisurely stroll on the historic Scrips pier
Cheers from California -- where it all began
Dr. Samuel Miler, 111
A dive master candidate who does not log dives
if you don't log dives how will you know what cove, lake or mud hole you have dove -- or will dive in?
recall I am just an inquisitive slow thinking slow talking slow walking broken down diver from SoCal
It is acknowledged by all dive historians that recreational diving began in SoCal in the 1930s by the San Diego Bottom Scratchers Spearfishing club. (oh the Horror ! Spearfishing in 1930)
Therefore, why not began your ambitious diving adventure where it all began at La Jolla cove in San Diego ?
FYI
I have posted this numerous times before..,.The 1949 issue of Nat Geo - I have a copy and knew and dove with many in the issue. It is a glimpse at recreational diving at La Jolla Cove in San Diego before recreational diving became an international activity.
SDM
The 1949 National Geographic magazine article "Goggle fishing in California Waters," Vol ZCV #5,May 1949, is considered by most serious diving magliophile/bibliophile as the fountainhead of magazine articles devoted to spear fishing and the beginning of recreational diving in the US.
And it all took place in La Jolla Cove
Universally known as the "Bottom Scratcher issue," by diving "Magophiles" Pages 615 to 632 are jammed packed with the photographs of Lamar Boren, who later gained fame as the photographer of the Sea Hunt series, there are 7 B&W photographs, 12 "natural color" photographs (in 1949 color photography was in it's infancy) and with a text written by professional National Geographic staff member. This issue should be on every collector/historian library and bucket list to dive !
There is a historical significance of articles of this era that provide a glimpse in to a the genesis of the sport and should be cherished as one of the great historical documents...The crude early Churchill fins; the homemade equipment; the masks, the jab sticks (pole spears) the lack of thermal protection...All these items were in the process of future development.
So by visiting and hopefully diving La Jolla Cove you are diving "where it all began" in California by the Bottom Scratchers spear fishing club - made
Only a few remain who were participants of that bygone era and they are rapidly dwindling in numbers, soon they all will be gone... The last Bottom Scratcher was Jim Stewart whos Bio is in the legends of this board
I would suggest that you goggle the Nat/Geo article, (perhaps bring a copy with you for visually comparing 1949 vs 2019-the difference 70 years makes) So as a Californian dive into history - La Jolla Cove -- where it all began!
During your down time I would recommend a trip tp the Scrips Aquarium, perhaps a leisurely stroll on the historic Scrips pier
Cheers from California -- where it all began
Dr. Samuel Miler, 111
