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06-16-2017, 09:58 PM | #1 |
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Diving Pioneer Jim Stewart passes on at 89
Diving has lost another of its true pioneers in Jim Stewart who has passed on at age 89. A San Diego "Bottom Scratcher" and a pioneering diving officer at the Scripps Institute you will see his name in all the history books about diving and spearfishing.
https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/obitua...diving-officer http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...608-story.html http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressreleas...diving_officer Last edited by popgun pete; 06-17-2017 at 01:42 AM. Reason: added references |
06-16-2017, 10:27 PM | #2 |
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Re: Diving Pioneer Jim Stewart passes on at 89
Thanks for sharing Pete.
This part on how he got his start is particularly good. "Born Sept. 5, 1927, Stewart was a native of San Diego and began diving in 1941—before the use of scuba. At the age of 14, he first borrowed a friend's dive mask at La Jolla Cove. He put his head under water, started freediving, and quickly became a very accomplished freediving spear fisherman in high school." . |
01-25-2019, 05:10 AM | #3 |
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Re: Diving Pioneer Jim Stewart passes on at 89
It almost goes without saying that Jim Stewart is in the Who's Who of Diving, as are all the pioneers such as Jack Prodanovich and Wally Potts.
http://divingalmanac.com/stewart-james/ Last edited by popgun pete; 01-25-2019 at 05:18 AM. |
01-25-2019, 02:39 PM | #4 |
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Re: Diving Pioneer Jim Stewart passes on at 89
You can see the work of the Scripps Institute in this 1954 movie "Hunters of the Deep" here https://youtu.be/TpcnRKWK70o
Another must see record of the days of early diving in the USA! |
01-28-2019, 07:58 PM | #5 |
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Re: Diving Pioneer Jim Stewart passes on at 89
Jim Stewart as shown on the roll of Bottom Scratchers membership, only 20 members in total. I had thought Connie Limbaugh was inducted in 1953, but he is not shown on the list which I have merely updated, not created.
http://www.internationallegendsofdiv...mbaugh_bio.htm Found the error, Connie Limbaugh was "Dr.Grouper" and not Al Larson as was previously stated on this list, now fixed. Last edited by popgun pete; 02-22-2019 at 04:34 AM. Reason: table correction |
01-30-2019, 05:19 PM | #6 |
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Re: Diving Pioneer Jim Stewart passes on at 89
This is a great article well worth reading. Underwater "Tombstones" of Diving's Great Pioneers!
https://www.lajollalight.com/lifesty...220-story.html and another on the Bottom Scratchers. https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/...-under-water/# Last edited by popgun pete; 01-30-2019 at 05:28 PM. |
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