Kate’s 2¢: “Deep: freediving, renegade science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves” by James Nestor

“Deep: freediving, renegade science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves” by James Nestor

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   This was one of the stories the NLS included on a cartridge with six other books on it, so I read this story. My initial thought was that this dude was fairly shallow, kind of trying to be like “The Paper Tiger”, where he wants to do something so he can write about it.

   Nestor’s purpose for experiencing deep diving is more than a guy trying to prove he’s a macho man. While he graphically describes what happens to those who don’t spend years training to do competitive deep-diving, which  can be tragic, his point is that deep-diving is more about the total emersion of reconnecting with our actual origins that began in the deep trenches where the steam vents arise from the ocean floor.

   I enjoyed his various adventures with the scientists in submersibles and swimming with the animals in the waters of the world, as he trained to become his own personal submersible.

James Nestor – Wikipedia

Nestor was born in Tustin, California, a suburb in Orange County. He described his upbringing as “ lower-upper-middle class. ” Nestor was the youngest of two siblings.

Genre: Non-Fiction

Nationality: American

Notable works: Breath (2020), Deep (2014)

Occupation: Science journalist, Sports journalist

From NLS/BARB/LOC:

Deep: freediving, renegade science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves DB105278

Nestor, James Reading time: 7 hours, 40 minutes.

Sports and Recreation

Nature and the Environment

Author of Breath (DB 99870) illuminates the culture and science of freediving, which is descending to great depths in the ocean on a single breath of air. Explores skills exhibited by marine life which humans can emulate, including echolocation and directional sense. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2014.

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