A fully outfitted scuba diver may wear from 
a hundred dollars to three or four hundred 
dollars worth of gear. This compares very 
favorably with the price of "hard hat" rigs 
which may cost in the thousands of dollars. 
Scuba diving as a sport is safer than 
skiing, or even driving a car. But, like these 
other avocations can be as dangerous as you 
make it. 
As an adjunct to your vocation it can be 
considered even safer since the best of equip- 
ment and safeguards should be available. 
It might be well worthwhile to use it as a 
tool in your profession. 
REFERENCE: Natural History Magazine 
April 1961 
320 
