PUSH TO THE INNER & OUTER LIMITS

by Robert F. Burgess

This is one of the Cave Diving Series of 21 E-book Chapters that Explores the Lure of Underwater Labyrinths.BOOK 9 PUSH TO THE INNER & OUTER LIMITS – Renewed efforts at Wakulla to expand the exploration of hitherto unknown miles of underground sunken caverns using Space Age technology.The author who built his own diving gear out of a World War II gas mask and 50 feet of air hose to explore a shipwreck near Lake Michigan in 1944, and who years later received the prestigious SSI Platinum Pro 5000 certification for making over 5,000 verified dives, now shows you never seen before sunken caverns once inhabited by Ice Age Man.“… Those who think that exploring underwater caves is too exotic a pastime to be of much interest will change their minds after reading this work by Burgess… Of special poignancy is the author's recounting of the accidental death of a favorite diving companion. This is an interesting mix of adventure and archaeology that probes one of the earth's last frontiers.”--Publishers Weekly“…it is easy to see why this book earned a 'Book of the Year' award from Forward Magazine... As a photographer, Burgess is able to add another dimension to this book... Burgess' photos cover many decades and many caves... Overall, the book is a delight, entertaining and an easy read. It's a great vacation book, full of adventure, divided into chapters that can easily stand alone or mesh together...[Burgess] masterfully glides the reader through tales of history that cavers and non-cavers will enjoy.” Susan Brillhart Book Review for IMMERSED, the International Technical Diving Magazine. Thrilling stuff. Best of all you will live through all of these adventures…and not even get wet! Though you may end up a little breathless.

13 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 22, 2015

About the author

Robert F. Burgess grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and as a youth often trout-fished the same creeks and streams as Ernest Hemingway. At the end of World War II he served with the U. S. Army 88th Blue Devil Division Ski Troops in northern Italy. After the war he returned to Europe on the GI Bill to study foreign languages at universities in Italy and Switzerland; then completed his education in Journalism at Michigan State University. He became a Florida magazine writer/photographer specializing in sport fishing and scuba diving adventures. Later he returned to Europe with his wife to travel and write for various magazines there and abroad. The author lives in North Florida. Mr. Burgess has been called a Renaissance man because his books cover a wide spectrum of time and events. He writes real-life adventures about shipwrecks and sharks; treasure diving, cave diving; underwater archaeology, meeting Hemingway in Pamplona and short e-book stories about Marine snipers during the Vietnam War. His writing style puts the reader in whatever adventure he describes so that they themselves become part of that adventure.