Jochen Hasenmayer today...
Anyone know what Jochen is up to today? Reading about his Blautopf explorations now, and was re-reading about his sneak dives in Vaucluse the other night and curious what he's up to. I know he was disabled by a deco accident, but you would thing his career would make a great documentary if someone could get him to agree.
What book are you reading?
The Darkness Beckons by Martyn Farr. Only a few paragraphs on the German caves, but a bit more on Vaucluse......
A Google search for his name produces some interesting reading.
Can you read German?
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jochen_Hasenmayer
I did not have time to translate it....Essentially he became paralyzed in 1989 in Wolfgangsee, currently dives but in a small submersible built by a friend. Main thing is his theory about warm water (subterranean) in the Alps, scientists are very skeptical...
Dive safe,
Celia
"Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others."
...Buddha
''Life's tough, pilgrim, and it’s even tougher if you're stupid.''
- John Wayne
Google has a translate feature which I used on the Wiki article but the translation seemed awkward.
Jochen was at once a competitor and collaborator with Exley, would love to hear his memories of those discussions/encounters. Also be interesting to hear what he WOULD be going after if he was still physically able, which systems seem most interesting, most potential, etc.
Last edited by crawford; 09-27-2009 at 05:54 PM. Reason: spelling
YesOriginally Posted by amphipod06
It gives a brief history of his diving and his injury. He has been diving with a home-made submersible and has developed new theories on the age of the karst in southern Germany and they are attempting to research the theory with boreholes.
Everyone spends the first nine months of life in water. The lucky ones make frequent return visits.
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