65 years of diving

[Texfrazer]

Thanks for keeping us up to date on the article!

Like most things, if we don't know our history, we not only lose part of the inspiration, we also lose the ability to gain a greater depth of knowledge and understanding that only comes from standing on the shoulders of giants.

Thanks Sam!

 

[John C. Ratliff]

Sam, the article is great. Your comments about your grandmother being afraid of water, and how you got into swimming reminded me of my first days of diving too. I had bought a Healthways Scuba regulator and a 38 cubic foot tank from a guy used, and when my family went to a Central Oregon lake, I took my gear. We went up to Elk Lake, off Central Drive southwest of Bend, Oregon (where my grandparents lived), and the family went fishing off a 7 man life raft. I, of course, dove. The water was pretty clear, and I remember looking up at the bottom of the raft from the thirty-foot depth level. I was having a grand time, seeing some fish and crawdads on the mud bottom. On the surface, my grandma was going nuts, telling mom and dad "Tell him to come up, tell him to come up!" My dad simply looked at her and said, "How?" I surfaced after about 20-30 minutes, to the great relief of my grandma. I had a blast in the water, and wanted more. That was in 1959 or so, and I'm still diving.

SeaRat