- Paperback: 350 pages
- Publisher: Emily Eight Publications Ltd (Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0955154405
- ISBN-13: 978-0955154409
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 502,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Ocean Gladiator - Battles beneath the ocean from Mark Ellyatt. Mark tells of scuba diving adventures spanning 12 years. Twelve chapters outline a shakey start learning to scuba dive in Mexico, life as globe trotting diving instructor and succesfully becoming the Worlds Deepest Scuba Diver, amongst other hair raising diving projects. Mark recalls the how and the why of some of the most adventurous scuba dives ever conducted in an effort to educate and entertain novices and experts alike.
About the Author
Mark Ellyatt is a Scuba Diving Instructor Trainer with thousands of dives and almost as many underwater adventures to his name. Mark has authored 100's of magazine articles based around his exploits deep beneath the ocean - from exploring the Deepest Shipwrecks to becoming the Deepest Scuba Diver. Ocean Gladiator was written to educate and entertain anyone interested in scuba diving, especially those hoping to explore the extreme side of Technical Diving. Mark still teaches diving full time around the world through his Inspired-Training company.
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Format:Paperback
I've just finished re-reading this, and it's a great read. If you've climbed to the top of the tree you have a right to the good fruit that grow there. Mark Ellyatt is clearly proud of what he has achieved, and the dives he has done are breathtaking, but what I really enjoy in this book is the disarming honesty. What I learned from this book is that everyone screws up - even the greats. But what distinguishes the great from the dead is that they admit to their mistakes and learn from them. Somehow, in this book you get a window into his soul: you can feel his fear and his elation. You can understand how dangerous his achievements are, and fully understand how someone merely diving at weekends will not be able to reach the dizzying depths that Mark has plumbed. You learn from his honesty, because you can relive his close shaves with him. It's the moments of intense fear, where lights dance before our eyes and our tongues sizzle - those are the moments when our muscle memory is programmed. It's the muscle memory that keeps us alive when everything goes wrong. Through this book you can get a taste of those experiences without gambling with your life. If you dive deep, you've almost certainly already read this at least once. If you aspire to dive deep you need a copy.
Format:Paperback
A must read for any Scuba diver. Mark does a great job of describing the life and business around Scuba diving. The ordinary diver will get an interesting glimpse in to the world of "professional" divers/instructors.
The red thread in the books is Marks exploration of the ocean and his attempts to go deeper than any non commercial diver have done before.
The red thread in the books is Marks exploration of the ocean and his attempts to go deeper than any non commercial diver have done before.
Format:Paperback
Very readable personal account of Mark of his deep diving. Reads well and the story about entering a disused flooded mine is just spine chilling scary to read.
Great insight into the dangers of deep and technical diving.
Great insight into the dangers of deep and technical diving.
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Ocean Gladiator
Mark Ellyatt is well-known through-out the diving world for his deep dives. He has dived all over the world and in this book he tells some of the more strange stories about what... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Tomas
Ocean Gladiator
Thoroughly enjoyable and just so true! Being a long term diver myself it amused me to read his recollections, so many just like my own. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2010 by Mr. K. J. Green
Down to the bottum and ascent!
Mark is writing down his adventures in deep diving with scuba all over the world. He has done a lot of mad / creasy deep dives the last 10 years, and did somehow manage to survive... Read more
Published on 9 July 2009 by J. A. H. Dankers
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