Great Escapes and Diving Eccentrics
'Dive Lectures' At The Royal Geographical Society
As 2010 approaches, you divers will once again be looking forward to the annual “Dive Lectures” at the Royal Geographical Society, run by The London Diving Chamber to banish those winter blues.
This year we are delighted to have Trevor Norton and Monty Halls speaking, with an introductory talk by the inspiring World Champion and Paralympic Champion, Danny Crates.
The 'Dive Lectures' are held in support of Scuba Trust - a charity devoted to giving people with physical disabilities an equal opportunity to experience the pleasure and excitement of scuba diving and the underwater world.
Entrance will be free, but please help us fill those Scuba Trust buckets on the night. To register, please click here.
Date: Friday 12th February 2010
Time: 6.30pm (doors open at 6pm)
Location: The Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR
Trevor Norton - Brave, Brilliant and Balmy'
Trevor Norton will be regaling tails of the extraordinary antics of some of the more eccentric people who have contributed to underwater research.
At school Trevor Norton specialized in failing exams, until he saw Hans and Lotte Hass “Diving to Adventure” on TV. Suddenly he began to pass exams and, to the disbelief of his teachers, became a professor of marine biology. He first went diving in 1953 and later used SCUBA extensively in his ecological research. He has written over 160 scientific articles and recently his popular literary books have earned him the accolade ‘Bill Bryson under water’. A play ‘inspired’
by his first book, /Stars Beneath the Sea/, ran at the Edinburgh Festival prior to a nationwide tour. Trevor lives on the Isle of Man overlooking the sea that he has underlooked for most of his working life.
Monty Halls - 'Great Escapes'
For the last two years Monty has been seeking out the Great Escapes - whether that be living the simple life on the west coast of Scotland, travelling round South Africa following the greatest of all sporting tours (whilst experiencing the very best shark dives around the coast), or working as a wildlife ranger in the Outer Hebrides. The latter project will be the subject of his next BBC2 series coming out this Spring. Find out all about the filming of the last Great Escape series, get a sneak preview of the next, and find out why the existence of diving, sharks, rugby, South Africa and beer is absolute proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy.
* Due to the nature of some of our speakers work, there maybe a change in the list of talks.