Apolonio Castillo, was a very popular Mexican diver who has been almost forgotten by the modern Mexican diver ad the diving world .
He was and is the unacclaimed Mexican pioneer .
Unfortunately he lost his life in a very early diving accident, prior to modern training and treating facilities .
Ellis, (E.R). Cross was from SoCal where he established and ran a diving school in Wilmington called the "Sparling School of Deep Sea diving" or a some what similar title.
In 1957 he closed the school, and took of for parts unknown in his sail boat "Fair Winds" with the intent of teaching diving and researching and writing about diving through out the world.
One of his stops was at Acapulco , at that time THE diving capital of Mexico . He gathered commercial, military and civilian divers for a formal course in diving, no doubt based on his very popular "Dive Master" Course which had been promoted out of the Chicago Company with the same name since 1955 .(@ dr bill note)
While lecturing he noticed a lady setting tn the back of the room with tears in her eyes and on occasion whimpering as he lectured. At the break he discovered and was introduced to the widow of Apolonio Castillo,the pioneer diver of all Mexico, who had recently been killed in an unfortunate and preventable diving accident.
He continued on his journey teaching, researching and writing - One of his most notable discoveries as Taravana which he announced in his SDM column
During the earlier days of diving I visited and dove Acapulco on several occasions. On the waterfront is a stature of a young diver dressed in a bathing suit with a Sea Net type mask on his forehead and holding Churchill in his hand -- It is statue of Apolonio Castillo...
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