Español What happens when you stick a Mexican in the freezer? The Mexican will develop the strongest desires for mastering the art of cold water diving. I headed up to Boston, where I met up with Vin Malkoski, the Diving Safety Officer (DSO) of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries (MDF). Vin would be my portal to […]
Category: 2018 Scholar Journey
Shoot for the stars, sea-stars that is
Español The day finally came for me to confront my fear of putting together my camera equipment. For the past two months I have been dragging a suitcase full of lenses, arms, adaptors, batteries and all sorts of bits and pieces clueless of what I am carrying and scared that if I attempted to assemble […]
To North Carolina – Intro to tech diving and diver medicine
Español Subgravity Skills Bootcamp Divers Alert Network (DAN) was my next stop on this journey, but before getting there I paid a visit to last year’s North American Rolex Scholar Leah Potts and her Subgravity team! Subgravity specializes in providing the diving community with very technical gear for more specific diving, such as caves, wrecks, […]