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Does Scuba Diving Have a Retirement Age?
Does Scuba Diving Have a Retirement Age?
When taking stock of our physical abilities and capabilities as we age there are absolutes that divers should be familiar with.
The good news is that with age usually comes wisdom, and that improved judgement and reasoning can help you compensate for most negative body function changes.
Knowing that we will have some level of impariment as we age brings us to how we can make accomodations and still dive safely.
Aging is a fact of life but how we handle growing older can make the difference between enjoying diving well into our Golden Years and having to prematurely hang up the fins.
Recently, author, speaker, and consultant, Dan Orr gave a talk on this very subject at Scuba Show in Long Beach, CA. If you missed the talk, you can connect with Mr. Orr at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or his book, Scuba Diving Safety.
Photo Caption: Dan Orr signs Scuba Diving Safety books for sale in the shop at the History of Diving Museum in Islamorada, Florida.
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About the author
Get Dan's Book HereDan Orr, past President and CEO of Divers Alert Network (DAN), is known as a first-class educator and longtime ambassador for the diving industry. A veteran diver of more than 40 years, Orr joined DAN in 1991 and immediately established the DAN training department and the Oxygen for Scuba Diving course, a standard in the dive industry.
Orr has held membership and leadership positions in many notable diving organizations such as National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI), Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), Association of Canadian Underwater Councils (ACUC), Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), National Academy of Scuba Educators (NASE), International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD), Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS), National Association For Cave Diving (NACD), the Historical Diving Society, Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Diving, and the Explorers Club. He is chairman of the board of the Historical Diving Society and secretary of the DEMA board of directors. He has several specialty certifications, including full cave diver, rescue diver, and rapid response rescue and recovery. Orr has authored, coauthored, or reviewed more than 15 books and manuals on scuba and various aspects of scuba safety and rescue.
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