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Amazing Diving Stories from One of Our Own Writers

from the October, 2012 issue of Undercurrent  

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In the search for great underwater adventure writing, one needs to look no further than Amazing Diving Stories, the absorbing new book by John Bantin, one of Undercurrent's top-notch contributors. He has compiled dozens of true tales that will intrigue and delight everyone, from the seasoned scuba diver to the bathtub snorkeler. Consider the British diver who barely survived a crocodile attack while diving from a popular Indonesia liveaboard, the foolish divers descending to 270 meters, and the divers fired upon by the military when diving in the Red Sea. Or that "new" dive resort in the U.K. run by a delusional innkeeper, who gave his hungry guests a rifle to shoot a sheep for dinner. Or divers' excitement searching for sunken WWII planes with Papua New Guinea natives. Some of John's stories occur in areas unfamiliar to North American divers (he lives just outside London), but the trials and tribulations described in his more than 60 pieces (organized in categories such as Dangerous Animals, Near Misses and Not so Near, and Treasure Seekers and Finders) will be recognized by anyone who has strapped on a tank....