During the days I try to kill time working as a school administrator at an upper secondary school in the city of Gjøvik just south of the Olympic city of Lillehammer (1994...).
When office work gets too boring, I teach a bit. My subjects are English and German, and I just LOVE teaching German grammar :-)!
When there is no work, there is fun! Which in my case is mostly Scouting. I am a Scout leader and have been an active Scout for over 30 years. Presently I am Assistant Scout Master (for boys and girls) and a Group Leader, but I have worked with all age groups in Scouting. I also help training new Scout leaders.
If there is some time left, I play around with Judo, try to get some time for diving (normally in the Oslofjord which is a couple of hours away)
or walk my dog before it is too late. Only as a last resort do I clean my house or do anything useful.
For diving I have been to the Mediterranean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean as well as fjords, lakes and at least one river. I have been under water in Norway, Spain and the US, at water temperatures from 3 to 27 C. Mostly I dive with a dry suit and a 300 bar 15 l steel tank and sometimes a pony bottle (I am a coward and really like to carry more than enough air!).
I love the peace and tranquility I find when diving, forgetting all about worries and work on land!
MY DIVECLUBS:
Gjøvik Froskemannsklubb (my hometown) since 2002 and NEADC while I lived near Boston 2002-2003! Doubleclick the title under the logos to go to their homepages!
 New England Aquarium Dive Club
 Gjøvik Diveclub
MY RECOMMENDED DIVECENTERS:
Hydra, Oslo, 5* PADI +
Prodykk, Nesodden near Oslo, 5* PADI +
Silent World, Key Largo, FL, USA +
Les Basetes, Calpe, Costa Blanca, Spain +
Boston Harbor Diving Company,Winthrop, MA, USA
MY MAIN EQUIPMENT:
Helly Hansen NEMO Classic 5 mm neoprene Dry Suit
AquaLung Titan Glacia first and second stage HP DIN
Aqualung first stage LP and Octopus
Aqualung/US Diver Matrix II Dive Computer on console
ScubaPro QD weight integrated BCD
Fische Marine 15 l 300 bar steel tank Ponybottle 4 l 200 bar
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