The author, Karsten Reimer, born in Kiel in 1961, had the great advantage of being born right by the sea. When he saw Flipper on television for the first time, he knew that he wanted to become a diver. His first attempts with homemade compressed air tanks made of cardboard went wrong, as expected, and his mother had her hands full regularly preventing him from drowning. It was only many years later, at the age of 18, that the author finally found a diving school in Kiel that took on the task of turning him into a real recreational diver.
At that time, diving schools were still few and far between in Germany. It was inevitable that after training as a CMAS 1-star diver, he would go on to train as a CMAS 2-star diver, and so on. In 1986, he took his first diving instructor exam on Elba, followed by many more courses and exams. Now, after more than 45 years, the author is not only an instructor and examiner for divers and diving instructors for CMAS and R.
S. T. C., but also holds a management position at an international diving association, the IDA. As the Baltic Sea is only 10 minutes away from his home, the author still dives a lot and enjoys it very much when he is not busy overhauling his compressor, as high air quality is very important to him.
At that time, diving schools were still few and far between in Germany. It was inevitable that after training as a CMAS 1-star diver, he would go on to train as a CMAS 2-star diver, and so on. In 1986, he took his first diving instructor exam on Elba, followed by many more courses and exams. Now, after more than 45 years, the author is not only an instructor and examiner for divers and diving instructors for CMAS and R.
S. T. C., but also holds a management position at an international diving association, the IDA. As the Baltic Sea is only 10 minutes away from his home, the author still dives a lot and enjoys it very much when he is not busy overhauling his compressor, as high air quality is very important to him.
