Dancing on Ice
Appears in Scuba DivingWinter 2001-02England, MikeFor a moment, a brief, dark, terrifying moment, I am trapped under ice. My breathing accelerates, my heart pounds, every muscle in my body goes rigid....
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Appears in Summer 2003Scuba DivingOrms, R. KentOn any hot summer day when I was a teenager, all it took was a phone call:"Hello?""Firehole."Click.Within the hour, 15 or 20 of us would be on the road to...
View ArticleCrawfishin'
Appears in Scuba DivingSummer 2008Harrison LakeEngland, MikeAt 10:30 am, heat waves swim off the asphalt on Hwy. 287 north of Norris. It's gonna be a hot one. A quick stop at the Harrison store for...
View ArticleSubsurface Solitude
Appears in Scuba DivingSummer 2012Canyon Ferry LakeHarrison LakeHyalite ReservoirYellowstone ParkEngland, MikeLove snorkeling and scuba-diving but can’t afford a week in the Caribbean? Think there’s...
View ArticleGoing Under for Scuba Certification
Appears in Scuba DivingSummer 2012Reuss, DaveOn the first dive, nothing feels right. You can’t float, or you float too much, and the plastic regulator in your mouth tastes like car tires. But by the...
View ArticleUnderwater World
River snorkeling in southwest Montana.“Whoa, big fish,” my husband, Rob, exclaimed. We were halfway through an eight-day backpacking loop in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, and had stopped to rest....
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