He was the diving officer at RSMAS back in the early 70's. I went through the Miami Dade marine technician program where Rick Frehsee was the dive instructor. Tom and Ike would teach the chamber operations and certify us to work as divers on the scientific projects.
People don't realize that there was more than the UDT training facility out there. North and SouthHutchinson Islands were a huge base during WWII. Today you wouldn't even know the base existed
The Fort Pierce Naval Amphibious Training Base was a 19,280-acre site that extended approximately 25...
I stopped doing beach dives. I was doing 40% nitrox for the hump up the beach and across the parking lot. Way too much huffing and puffing with my 130. I'm 73
Doing good, not getting much diving in, hip replacement, pacemaker, moved up to Sebastian and then down to Fort Pierce, trying to renovate old boat to do treasure diving
Better hurry
906 people are moving to the state of Florida every day. 330,605 people are moving to Florida every year. That's equal to adding a city slightly larger than Orlando every year, according to a report released online this week by state economist.
A quick 10-15 lb loss is a good kickoff for a weight loss program. Take a break from the exercise. I've had friends that had to lose weight to get into the dive program. The one thing they do is go on the tuna diet. A can of tuna for breakfast lunch and dinner with an evening can. I've done it...
We did kayaking down the river It was pretty mellow. The only person to tip over was a woman who had worked as a kayak instructor in CO--go figure. I don't remember the outfit, we were mostly novices.
Reading and watching Jacque Cousteau, Robert Marx and William Beebe made me want to be an ocean explorer. Traveling all over the world, exploring the oceans and diving was something I wanted to do as long as I remember. Serendipity provided the opportunuty
The Farallon Shark Dart, it used a CO2 cartridge and a hollow spike to inject and inflate a menacing shark. The only problem was you had an irritated shark on the surface between you and the boat
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