Episode 2: SAFE Scuba and Diveheart
In this episode, we meet Dale Kleier, an experienced diver and instructor and his first totally blind students. Then we take a detailed look at Diveheart, one of the three organizations that offer adaptive scuba training to people with disabilities. Last, but certainly not least, we close with a worst case senario and ask you, our listeners to weigh in with your thoughts and comments.
Creators and Guests
Host
Andrew Meyer
Andrew discovered scuba diving while attending the advanced academy at the Space Camp for the Blind and Visually-impaired in Huntsville, Alabama. More than twenty years later and after moving to France, he finally found a club that was willing to train blind and visually-impaired scuba divers. He has since been validated for PESH 40, the highest level obtainable for divers with disabilities in France. The lack of information regarding blind and visually-impaired people and scuba diving inspired him to create and host this podcast.
Guest
Dale Kleier
An avid scuba diver since 2010, Dale Kleier now runs his own dive store in Hillsboro, south of Portland, Oregon. He is also the founder of Scuba Access for Everyone, a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching adaptive scuba diving to those with disabilities
Guest
Joshua Bowen
Josh is totally blind and lives in Salem, Oregon. He recently began a scuba diving course from SAFE Scuba.
Guest
Kim Castro
Kim is totally blind and lives in Salem, Oregon and recently enrolled in a scuba diving course through SAFE scuba.
