Diving Pioneers

Book Description
This is the saga of diving in America, told by the men and women who lived it and made it. These stories and more recall scuba's pioneer days of the 40s and 50s where every dive was an adventure.

About the Author
Eric Hanauer just missed out on the pioneer era, beginning diving in 1959. A widely published writer and photographer, over 300 of his articles have appeared in diving magazines at home and abroad. He is the author of The Egyptian Red Sea, the definitive guidebook to this premier region. An instructor since 1961. Eric is associate professor of kinesiology and diving safety officer at California State Univesity, Fullerton.


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This is the saga of diving in America, told by the men and women who lived it and made it: The San Diego Scratchers who began free diving before Cousteau; Zale Parry, Hollywood's first underwater stunt girl and damsel in distress in many Sea Hunt episodes; E.R Cross, whose 60-year career spans the era from hardhat to computers; John Steel, the first great underwater artist; Conrad Limbaugh, who developed the first scuba classes both for science and for sport; Jim Stewart, who succeeded Limbaugh as Scripps diving officer, and spread the techniques for scientific diving worldwide; Dr. Andy Rechnitzer, chief scientist on the Trieste project that sent man to the deepest spot in the ocean; Dick Anderson, inventor, writer, humorist, and adventurer; Dottie Frazier, the first woman instructor; Ralph Erickson, co-founder of PADI; and Tom Mount, who developed many of the techniques used today in cave and technical diving. These stories and more recall scuba's pioneer days of the 40s and 50s, when every dive was an adventure.


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