Why does stan waterman wear an eyepatch

That day on the 'Blue Water, White Death' shoot, the sharks got back to business, eating the whale. Much of Waterman's talk was in question and answer format, as his anecdotes or his film clips would prompt questions and comments. This led to a reminiscence of the 'Jaws' movie set, when actor Robert Shaw, playing Quint the shark hunter, ad libbed the story of having been one of the Indy's crewmen. Even at age 88, Waterman continues pursuing his passion.

He travels to Fiji every year, he told his audience, and showed footage of a friend there hand-feeding an enormous tiger shark called Scarface. Waterman confessed to ambiguous feelings about shark feeding, and mentioned that his book 'Sea Salt' contains a chapter 'To Feed or Not to Feed.

Take away the effect of gravity and the years fall off him. Later, he and I were hanging on a line at Alcyon, a challenging dive near Cocos Island. We were decompressing while the pickup boat plunged and bucked above us, the surface of the water punctuated by small explosions of vomit from those same young self-appointed advisors.

New divers can so easily become self-appointed authorities. One day, you see them doing a trial dive on a rebreather, frightened to death, and the next, they have bought themselves the most expensive model they can, started a Web site and given themselves guru status.

What really concerns me is many of the divers I have spent time with. Although they are a lot younger than year-old me, they are simply in poorer condition.

Many who I meet on diving trips appear to be unfit, despite being in the prime of their years. They frequently have trouble climbing into an inflatable — they are reduced to an undignified mass that must be rolled unceremoniously into the boat. Once aboard, they stand on all the gear, including their own cameras, which they wonder why they start leaking on the next dive. Their bellies are too big and their upper body strength too weak. Are they still going to have the finesse of a beached whale.

I am always fascinated to see American teenagers who are as fit and as athletic as a human being can be, but with their still-young parents sporting rear ends like dairy cows. What happens to them between their teens and their 30s? I recently spent time swimming into a current for a couple of hours during a blue-water dive with sharks, which later elicited the comment from a much younger dive guide that I must be incredibly fit.

I have never been interested in exercise regimes. The only early-morning exercise I ever entertained was a buffet breakfast. I have maintained a steady weight for the past 40 years. This has not been achieved by pounding my joints on the urban pavements every morning until I need a hip replacement, nor have I been a member of any gym. Young people need to take a close look at their lifestyle now.

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Any one eyed divers out there? Thread starter sharky60 Start date Feb 4, Please register or login Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community.

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Messages 3, Reaction score Location somewhere between Texas and Mexico of dives - Hey all, over the past couple years I have been going through a series of retina detachments and because of the multiple surgeries, 9 now including 2 recent glaucoma surgeries , I have lost most the sight in one eye. Is there anyone else out there with sight in just one eye who dives?

Glaucoma can be a contraindication to diving, I hope you have covered this with your ophthalmologist. Messages Reaction score 62 Location Sydney of dives - I have a severe squint in my right eye, it's pretty much only good for some peripheral vision but is devoid of any actual focus or detail. Never been an issue for me when diving, but then again it's been from birth so I know no different. It's only recently become annoying from a dive perspective because most of the new 'heads up' computer displays are configured for use over the right eye so for me totally useless.

Probably saved me a couple of grand to be honest. ScubaBoard Supporter. My good friend dives with one eye, depth perception a challenge but he is a far better diver than I am regardless Also he has one leg amputed.