In Conversation with David Strike – Into The Planet with Jill Heinerth
Speaker: Jill Heinerth (Canada) Explorer
Moderator: David Strike (Australia) ADEX Ambassador of Technical Diving
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About David Strike
With a background in military, commercial, recreational and technical diving, David Strike is a regular speaker and presenter at regional and international diving events. A former Field editor for Asian Diver Magazine who has authored several hundred articles about diving and organised several world-class technical diving events, he is the recipient of the ADEX ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for contributions to Technical Diving, and a Fellow of the Explorers Club of New York.
About Jill Heinerth
JILL HEINERTH is an underwater explorer, writer, photographer, speaker, and filmmaker. A pioneer of technical rebreather diving, she has led expeditions into icebergs in Antarctica, volcanic lava tubes and submerged caves around the world. Jill is the first Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Her book, INTO THE PLANET, has been lauded by the Wall Street Journal, Oprah Magazine, and the New York Times. Jill is a Fellow of the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame, Underwater Academy of Arts and Sciences, Women Divers Hall of Fame, National Speleological Society, and the Explorers Club which awarded her with the William Beebe Award.
Into The Planet:
As one of the world’s most accomplished and celebrated cave divers and underwater explorers, Jill Heinerth has been privileged to travel deep into the most exquisite and untouched corners of the earth on a life-long journey of discovery and adventure.
One of modern diving’s most remarkable personalities – and a role model whose achievements, writings and images have encouraged thousands to step out of their comfort zone - Jill Heinerth joins David Strike as his guest in a lively evening of conversation that promises to be as informative as it is entertaining.”