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Loading... The Rapture of the Deep: And Other Dive Stories You Probably Shouldn't Knowby Michael Zinsley
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Good book, but reading about some of the stuff the author commonly does before diving makes me amazed that it wasn't published posthumously. Think drinking and smoking dope before diving. Not recommended in most guidebooks. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Journey with scuba instructor Michael Zinsley as he dives his way through 16 countries, rubbing shoulders with the locals and mixing underwater adventure with after-hours escapades. The Rapture of the Deep is fast-paced and rich in content, consisting of: humorous anecdotes, insightful histories, underwater descriptions, and terrifying close calls. The diving stories relate events seen once in a thousand dives. Native cultures are revealed with an awareness that only someone who has lived in those lands can describe. The book's lighter side is the combination of underwater adventure mixed with after-hours escapades (imagine Cousteau extending his documentaries to include closing time in the local bars). The descriptions of coral reef life are written in a way that non-diving readers will be as intrigued as the experts. Featuring stories from: Antigua, Australia, Bermuda, Bonaire, California, Fiji, Guam, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Ponape, Saint Lucia, Thailand, Tonga, Truk, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, and Yap. No library descriptions found. |
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