
The Pressure Zone
The story of a pioneer saturation diver
Mike Cooke(Author)
Vivid Publishing
Published on 1. March 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
358 pages
978-1-923078-08-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is the story of a kid who came out of the Montreal welfare system (three juvenile homes from age 6-16), pulled out of high school and sent to work at 16. Joined the Royal Canadian Navy at 17. Five years later, honourably discharged. The youngest Clearance Diver (CD) to be trained at that time.
The first person to walk on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico at a depth greater than 1,000 feet. And the first person to work on the bottom of the North Sea at 1,065 feet.
From cutting free 50-gallon drums off a pipeline in a swamp outside Cameron, Louisiana with alligators sunning themselves on the barrels, to performing CPR at 1,000 feet in the North Sea.
This is a story about diving and especially about saturation diving - about the dangers involved and what it was like to live under pressure for weeks on end.
This is my story.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
768 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-923078-08-6 (9781923078086)
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Person
Mike Cooke grew up in New Jersey and began attending Circle A at age eleven. He invested every summer at Circle A for many years as a camper, auxiliary stuff, and Leadership Team member, and went on to become a deeply valued and influential part of the ongoing ministry of Circle A. Mike graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree. He resides in Florida with his wife, Maria and their son, James. He serves as a house church leader at his local church as well as a teacher for the children's ministry. He remains committed to the future of Circle A and Dynamic Living!