1983: There was little or no infrastructure in the Sinai then. We traveled down the coast from the border with Israel by ancient battered Landcruiser and slept uncomfortably under the stars, battling the cold desert air with ineffective sleeping bags. Leaving the Bedouin guides on the rocky beach to build a fire for lunch, we … Read more
—then you had better read what the editor of Undercurrent says All serious divers are eager to get back into the water, and thousands upon thousands are eager to board planes and head to the tropical dive vacations they’ve been dreaming about. Many Undercurrent subscribers have written us, citing a trip they are considering, and … Read more
by David Vickery December 1989. An enormous winter storm in the southeast delayed our flight to Miami and we arrived too late to catch the connection to Grand Turk. After spending an anxious night in the Hotel Mia in the airport we finally made the 645-mile trek to JAGS McCartney International Airport. The storm had … Read more
Oxygen is the most basic life support system our bodies employ, and yet also has the capacity to cause great harm. Keller (1946) has called oxygen “The Princess of Gases. She is beautiful but has to be handled with special care”. We cannot live without it, but in prolonged breathing exposures or in deep depths … Read more
I don’t want to participate in any sport in which my species is not at the top of the food chain. — Ken Fonte Stress in diving is probably the central problem in the accidents and resulting injuries and fatalities that occur to divers . . . — Art Bachrach and Glen Egstrom STRESS Many … Read more
