Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World
InNeutral Buoyancy, BBC journalist Tim Ecott recounts his  ongoing adventures in the "liquid world" of scuba diving, from battling rip  tides off the Dorset coast in southwest England to exploring the shark-rich  waters of the Caribbean, musing along the way on the history and meaning of  humanity's fascination with diving and reflecting on how his underwater  experience has reshaped his life.Four days after my mother's funeral I went scuba diving for the  first time.... Surfacing from a dive ... I often think it strange that this  mind-cleansing, emotionally charged experience is one that my mother never knew  I had. It is something akin to the sense of regret I feel that she never met my  daughter, born a few years after her passing. How odd that something so  wonderful was not part of our shared experience.Be warned: if you are already a diver,Neutral Buoyancywill heighten the  sense that you are wasting far too much precious time on dry land. For the rest,  even if your underwater ventures are largely confined to the bath, this book  will have you contemplating a trip to your local swimming pool at the very  least. Truly inspirational.--Alex Hankin, Amazon.co.uk--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.