Greetings --- I actually have an account on DeeperBlue from 2001, that I couldn't find the info for; but I haven't really been active here much since 2002.
I'm a freediver and recreational SCUBA diver. My haven used to be La Jolla Cove in San Diego, California. Now I'm in Tomsk, Siberia -- about 800 miles north of the intersection of Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia.
There's an awesome monofin swimming program here -- the world champions. They've also got a nice indoor dive tank, 9 meters deep.
I've been spending time diving with these Russians, who have done wreck expeditions in the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Sea of Japan, Kamchatka, off of Spain, Baltic Sea, and more. They've made documentary movies of some of their wreck dives.
All of their dives concerned World War II. They've got quite a museum here of relics they've recovered from war vessels.
Continuing this theme, they want to do a joint expedition with some Americans off Palau --- exploring the sunk US warships there. We'd like to make a movie of this expedition.
And I'm in charge of finding the Americans. Can you help me? I'm looking for people with significant wreck diving experience, interest in the history of the battle and World War II, and interest-ability-experience making a movie or documentary. Of course, experience and knowlege of Palau also helps.
Contact me if you're interested or if you can connect me to someone interested. The thumbnail version is: a joint Russian-American World War II Battle of Palau Wreck Expedition and Historical Documentary.
I was excited to find, a few days ago, that thread of "Freediving 101" - How to Start Freediving by Akoni. The material on the Frenzel technique and the CO2 and O2 tables (breathing exercises) was new to me and I think it will prove very useful. I'm enthused to start training more formally and with more discipline thanks to this community.
If you want to contact me off-board, email gorillasoph at gmail.
I'm a freediver and recreational SCUBA diver. My haven used to be La Jolla Cove in San Diego, California. Now I'm in Tomsk, Siberia -- about 800 miles north of the intersection of Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia.
There's an awesome monofin swimming program here -- the world champions. They've also got a nice indoor dive tank, 9 meters deep.
I've been spending time diving with these Russians, who have done wreck expeditions in the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Sea of Japan, Kamchatka, off of Spain, Baltic Sea, and more. They've made documentary movies of some of their wreck dives.
All of their dives concerned World War II. They've got quite a museum here of relics they've recovered from war vessels.
Continuing this theme, they want to do a joint expedition with some Americans off Palau --- exploring the sunk US warships there. We'd like to make a movie of this expedition.
And I'm in charge of finding the Americans. Can you help me? I'm looking for people with significant wreck diving experience, interest in the history of the battle and World War II, and interest-ability-experience making a movie or documentary. Of course, experience and knowlege of Palau also helps.
Contact me if you're interested or if you can connect me to someone interested. The thumbnail version is: a joint Russian-American World War II Battle of Palau Wreck Expedition and Historical Documentary.
I was excited to find, a few days ago, that thread of "Freediving 101" - How to Start Freediving by Akoni. The material on the Frenzel technique and the CO2 and O2 tables (breathing exercises) was new to me and I think it will prove very useful. I'm enthused to start training more formally and with more discipline thanks to this community.
If you want to contact me off-board, email gorillasoph at gmail.