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    Good god man it was the 70's!
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    Here is a picture from a world famous surf spot called County Line! It is on Pacific coast Hwy on the Venture & L.A. County line...... Out about 3/4 to 1 mile is a reef the shape of a circle and yes we would kick out to it! On the dive on this day we ran into Grey Whales on the way down on the reef! I saw movement in the 30ft viz and it got dark, I looked over and saw something, but couldn't tell my mind to compute what I was seeing! Until I saw the giant bright eye looking at my buddy and me blowing bubbles! She slowed to a stop and eyeballed us to her satisfaction before moving on South! It was a humbling experience that I still describe as wow!

    On the way back in from this eventful dive I shot a halibut while we drifted south with the current! I bagged the fish and noticed movement off in the distance, I thought the whale was back, but it was a shark who wanted my fish! And was getting progressively closer to us! I got my buddies attention and we went back to back and pocked at the shark while we worked our way back to shore! We were now in the Kelp bed and it was getting shallower and we were feeling the surge from the surf!

    I am sure there is a surfer out there with the reciprocal story about the "Diver who popped up next to him sitting on his board" and said "I don't think this is a good place to dangle your legs"! Well I also scared the crap out of the poor guy coming up right next to him! I saw him jump and explained there was a shark following us! He caught the next wave in and we exited with a nice sized Halibut! Good day after all!

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    Look close those are scallops, Abalone, Fish, and whatever we could fined in a can cooked on an open fire! Who says SCUBA is expensive? We eat well and made a number of weekends into inexpensive fun for the whole family! Still as I have said we spend precious little time under and the rest should be a good surface interval with good friends and good company! We camped all along the three California Coasts diving and having a great time on a small budget! We were Collage Students with no budget! But we never lacked for adventure or the spirit of adventure that is the heart of all divers, just don't let life get in the way of living it!

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    We not only had the basic gear for SCUBA, but camping as well! I was in the upper crust because I had a camper! A 1965 camper on my 1955 Chevy Pickup! I had bought the camper so I could study between classes while at Cal-Poly so I wouldn't have to commute carrying 22 semester units didn't give me much time between classes and when I did the Student Union was never good for getting work done and you can only spend so much time in the library! So it was the Camper when we could get the gas and the tent when it was tight!

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    That is some great stuff!

    Really Impressive!

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    We were never too pinched to have a gather for a dive story our plan the next outing! Many of Otto Gassers students went on to become part of Inland Valley SCUBA Club in Pomona California where non-Cal-Poly divers would join us! Diving was the hub of so many of our lives!

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    For few dollars for cake mix and My Mother would whip us up one of her famous cakes for all occasions!

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    This was the Inland Valley SCUBA Clubs president getting a ticket for a short Abalone it clicked on his gage but not on the FG guys gage! Big ticket for a small difference! Busted!

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    What a tough life for a University Professor! Dive all morning then have to lecture all afternoon! All on the taxpayers dime I will say we learned many skills that have stood the test of time!

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    Before I saved up for my Spear Gun I used an Hawaiian sling and as long as it wasn't too big a fish it worked just fine! You have to watch out for rocks in the back ground if you miss it is hard on the head! We dived the entire length of the coast from Santa Barbra to the Mexican Boarder with Otto honing our skills at diving and hunting! Looking for that surprise Reef, Wreck, or Glory Hole! We were explorers and hunters with the attitude that most people stop short or don't put out the extra effort! So we were taught to be stronger, kick further, dive harder for the extra rewards! Our competition was who could get the most bottom time from a single 72cft Steel tank and scoff at anyone who bought a US Divers Al80! It practically floated when empty and remember we sucked our tanks dry and only had horse collars! So trim was everything and no one liked those new fanged HP Aluminum tanks! We were still debating if "Sea View" gages were safe????? "They could be another possible failure point" I got mine in 1975!

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    We all thought Gasser could walk on Fire! He had incredible bottom times on a single 72 and always brought back the limit and owned a Nikonus Camera! It was the first underwater camera built for underwater that I had ever seen and it was way cool! Cool as it was it was way out of a students budget!

    Speaking of budgets I have mentioned that Mel Fisher was friends with Glen Miller and that is how I met him in 1973. He was forming his first treasure company and I, our may money I should say, was invited to invest in the hunt for the Attocha! Mel had maps and a great presentation besides his history with Glen and the Anacapa Wreck they had found! So I went to one of my uncles and asked to barrow $5000.00 for a 1% full share! He asked me is it was for school and of course I had to tell the truth and that was the end of that!

    We found out that Otto could walk on fire and many years later Mel found his treasure! The year he died he said to me "If I would have know what it was going to cost me, I would still be in California"! He lost his Son, Daughter-in-law, and best friend when one of his boats anchored above the treasure rolled over in the night trapping and drowning them!

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