When I was certified as an Open Water Diver some 12 years ago, I couldn't be more elated. Finally I had unlimited access to the realm that was so far only reserved to my heroes like Jacques Cousteau or Hans and Lotte Hass (oh my am I dating myself here...). I would be able to playfully frolic in the depths with sharks, turtles and dolphins and video journal every step of it. Or so I thought. Hans and Lotte Hass while shooting a film for the BBC in 1951. I was over-con [...]
