A New Audiobook for Scuba Divers

Technically Speaking – Talks on Technical Diving Volume 1: Genesis and Exodus

Written and narrated by Simon Pridmore

“Simon Pridmore’s new book, ‘Technically Speaking’ is an outstanding tour de force from one of modern diving’s most accomplished practitioners and best-selling authors.” David Strike

“Simon has completed a complex task with consummate skill and has accurately unravelled the when’s, the who’s and some of the whys, much of which would have been unjustifiably lost in the mists of time if not for this work.” Kevin Gurr

“It will take some doing to better this account of tech’s first steps… as no matter how much you know or think you know; you will still find many obscure historical gems…” Kevin Denlay

Published by Sandsmedia
Sold by: Amazon Worldwide, Audible
Language: English

This is Simon Pridmore’s new book Technically Speaking in the form it was originally devised for. It’s a selection of themed talks telling the early history of technical diving—where it came from, how it developed, how it expanded across the world, who the important movers were and how, in the decade from 1989 to 1999, the efforts of a few determined people changed diving forever, pushing out the boundaries of scuba in previously unimaginable ways.

Those ten years saw the greatest shake-up the sport has ever seen but technical diving’s road to universal acceptance was anything but smooth, many obstacles had to be overcome, and there were times, looking back, when it seemed that its advocates might fail in their mission. Ultimately, they were successful because technical diving was what divers wanted. It was new, it was exciting, and the time was right.

Simon Pridmore has been at the sharp end of the scuba diving scene for 30 years. In the 1990s, he pioneered mixed-gas deep diving in Asia, first with Mandarin Divers in Hong Kong and later through his own shop in Guam, Professional Sports Divers, the first dedicated technical diving centre in the Western Pacific. He also held the regional franchise for IANTD. 

He later moved to the United Kingdom and became the IANTD licensee there, as well as working for cutting-edge mixed-gas computer and rebreather manufacturers VR Technology. Today, he is one of scuba diving’s most prolific writers, with a five-volume Scuba series, several guides for traveling divers, a biography, a novel and even a couple of divers’ cookbooks to his name. Simon and his wife Sofie currently live in Taiwan. Find out more on his website www.simonpridmore.com and via his Substack newsletter: Scuba Conversational.

Audible.com: Technically Speaking

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