Treasures, Shipwrecks and the Dawn of Red Sea Diving
Dived Up Publications (Verlag)
978-1-909455-53-5 (ISBN)
Howard Rosenstein wasn't just opening the first dive school in Sharm El-Sheikh; he was cracking open a hidden world in Sinai. This true story dives headfirst into those ground-breaking times, where celebrated guests, uncharted dives and historical discoveries became the extraordinary routine.
It's a tale of grit, where resourcefulness and connections fuelled Howard's pioneering spirit. From Roman coins glinting on the seabed to the dark, unmapped depths, his dives unveiled sunken treasures and secrets of the past. But these weren't just underwater adventures - they were tightrope walks between nations still at war. He braved floods, assisted grounded ships, and even the depths of Mount Sinai itself.
Howard's journey wasn't a solitary one. He rubbed shoulders with underwater legends, bestselling authors, true photography greats, and even world leaders. He navigated murky shipwrecks, charmed amorous sharks, and found himself a player in the delicate dance of peace negotiations.
Through his dive centers, first in the Mediterranean and then exploding onto the Sinai scene, Howard became a pioneer of recreational diving. He shared the magic of the underwater world with a generation, igniting a passion that would forever burn, his only desire that it would never end. But peace, like the tide, comes with a change.
Illustrated throughout with 200 images by the author and others including renowned underwater photographer David Doubilet.
Howard Rosenstein is a one-off who was inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame in 2009. In this memoir, he shares some of the more surprising as well as his favorite stories from the early part of his long diving career. Foreword writer Sylvia Earle is a marine biologist, oceanographer, National Geographic Explorer and founder of Mission Blue. Foreword writer David Doubilet is a renowned underwater photographer.
Foreword by Sylvia Earle; Foreword by David Doubilet; Introduction; A Glimmer Down Below; Diving Through the Millennia; Call it Chutzpah!; First Forays into Sinai; Finding the Farouk; Making a Home in Sinai; The Boxcar on the Beach; War Comes to Sinai; Exploring with National Geographic; Nudes in the Red Sea; Diving Mount Sinai; Our Dream Base; Disaster Strikes; The Red Sea on the Big Screen; My Friend, the Ambassador; A Shipwreck to Call Our Own; God's Other World; Finding Fortune in Misfortune; Battling a Flood of Biblical Proportions; Birth of Diving Diplomacy; Hans Hass; Heading to Cairo; Begin, Sadat and the Maestro; A Seat at the Table; A Sneak Run Over the Border; The Troops Arrive; The Flag is Lowered for the Last Time; Epilogue.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.08.2024 |
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| Vorwort | Sylvia Earle, David Doubilet |
| Zusatzinfo | 200+ colour photographs and illustrations; 200+ colour photographs and illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 240 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-909455-53-9 / 1909455539 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-909455-53-5 / 9781909455535 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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