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A fabulous and gripping account of one of the most prominent women cave divers. Her experience details overcoming adversity, pursuing excellence, achieving potential, and relates to every woman living in a world that does not cater to our progress. I find it incredibly refreshing and relatable to read writings of ♀️pioneers as I strive to live my most authentic and brave life. #adventure #brave #lady

Only a few pages in but very intrigued, excited to go on an adventure, and ready to feel related to and and inspired!

#nature #water #adventure #natgeo

#AugustRush #20in4

Whew! Just finished my #TitlesAndTunes #August pick for #TheWorldIsMyOyster & really enjoyed in—although it certainly made my claustrophobia spike with the author‘s descriptions of the dangerous places she explored as a cave diver. I alternated between the e-book & audiobook & especially enjoyed hearing the author reading her own words. There were a couple of draggy parts but overall this was an interesting & engaging read.👍👍

OK, I finally have my #TitlesAndTunes book & song pick for August‘s #TheWorldIsMyOyster prompt. Oyster made me think of oceans & this book that has been in my Kindle TBR stack & while I have used it a bazillion times for challenge prompts, I have never actually read it.

Since it‘s a memoir by a woman who is a deep sea cave diver, Rolling in the Deep by Adele seems like a fitting song choice. 🦪🤿🌊

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I listened to Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, read by the author. It was interesting to learn about the world under ours, the technological advances of its exploration, and the many dangers of cave diving. It didn't live up to all the hype, and it could have been more approachable and engaging. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

If you get second hand claustrophobia then this book is not for you! But otherwise, definitely recommend this short read. It was a fascinating look into another world. While I personally have no interest in diving, it was wonderful to join Jill in her journey of self discovery. I also appreciated her delving into the sexism she experienced in this field. #autobiography

Right before I started listening to Into the Planet for #AuldLangSpine, a friend tried to convince me to get scuba-certified alongside him. This coincidence was enough to give me pause. Was the universe trying to tell me something? Was diving a part of my future? My destiny, even? Heinerth‘s memoir quickly disabused me of that notion. If the universe was trying to tell me anything it‘s that diving is NOT for me — or, at least, not cave diving.👇🏻

I *hate* spoilers with a fiery passion and NEVER seek to learn the result of something before a writer wants me to. That being said, I just googled to see if Jill Heinerth and her husband, Paul Heinerth, were still together.

I‘m at the point where she reveals to him that she has The Bends, a sickness that could end her career &/or her life. He responds, “No shit, Sherlock.”

I want to END HIM. 🤯😤🤬

#AuldLangSpine #ALSpine @JamieArc

Last night, I started my first #AuldLangSpine pick. I‘ve gotta say…I could have chosen better, given my current timeline. 🙈

As a way to talk about how she‘s learned to embrace fear, Heinerth tells the story of a break-in at her first apartment & a face-to-face, violent encounter with the intruder. My husband‘s band is going on (a short) tour. I‘m going to be home alone for a few nights. Hi. I won‘t be sleeping. 😅 Thank God people live above me?

I added this to my TBR when I saw @JamieArc reading it. The audio is great, read by the author. The stories of going to Antarctica to dive into an iceberg had me on the edge of my seat.

I found the part at the end about the genetic makeup of thrill seekers fascinating. I definitely don‘t possess that gene, but I‘m glad I get to read about people who do!

I‘ve had this book on my TBR since hearing an interview with Heinerth on Fresh Air and being fascinated by her stories. While I love water and swimming, deep and dark water scares me, but reading Heinerth‘s explorations as a cave diver were engrossing, and it was interesting to learn about all that goes into cave diving. #Booked2022

Current reading situation. Reading about deep waters while periodically gazing out over Lake Michigan. My favorite type of summer day.

Reason #671 why I love not just reading, but books as objects. From this book about a cave diver, look at that cute scuba diver on the bottom left! I love small details like this.

In the midst of big life happenings, I have read very little. I went to the library to pick up the tagged book for #Booked2022 and realized how much I miss reading. I am in love with this spot in our new house, and can‘t wait to read many good books here. The other two books in the photo are tagged below.

#QuotsyJul21

I‘ll never do any iceberg diving 😱but the descriptions of the #layers of ice & snow in this book help me visualize it.

“Passing by layers of snowy deposits, I was acutely aware that I was dropping down through a time capsule. Every layer represented a slice of history. One layer would be white and frothy, but a few feet deeper, I would pass a band of bluish translucence. A little deeper, the ice was as clear as glass.”

Jill Heinerth left a more traditional career path and became a cave diver and photographer. She has explored cave systems and even dove inside a huge iceberg. Some of the descriptions here are terrifyingly claustrophobic, but it‘s all fascinating. I‘m a little bothered by a couple hyperbolic statements, making me wonder what else may be exaggerated, but the danger is very real, without question.

#bookreport from #hiselderliness - he‘s got the book grumps this week.

Into the Planet “Too complicated for me. All this technical stuff about how to turn foul air into fresh air when you‘re underwater. I don‘t know about diving”

The Incredible Voyage “You know there‘s a lake on top of the Andes mountains? Well he wanted to sail it. So he gets the boat up there by trucks, even pushing it sometimes. ⬇️

🏖 I have started waking up early in the morning

🏖 There is no song in particular

Thanks for the tag @Blackink_WhitePaper

This was a really interesting read. Jill is a world reknown cave diver and has done a lot of work for Nat Geo. The pictures in here are stunning and I get the appeal of exploring places than few people will ever see. Having said that, you have to be insane to want to be a cave diver. There's a chapter in here called "My Dead Friends" and that tells you all you need to know about the life expectancy of cave divers. #nonfiction #caves

I absolutely loved this! Such a exciting, fascinating and unique career. It has made me want to find more National Geographic Explorer stories. Shows how beautiful and amazing our planet is. #mustread #highlyrecommend

This was the best kind of nonfiction book; reads like a great fiction story, complete with suspense & interesting characters but also taught me so much about cave diving. I'm in awe of her work, especially as she moved into conservation & I just love her attitude about diving & her role as a world premiere diver who happens to be a woman. She is clearly a rock star and I loved her story. I'll be recommending it to all my adventurous friends!

"When you survive a close call, your baseline has a tendency to shift in what is known as normalization of risk."

Oh yeah, as someone working in safety, man this is sooooo true.

#QuotsyMar20 #sight

“I looked out over the water, but the far shoreline was out of sight. I tried to imagine what lay beyond the salty air and blue horizon. This is the first time I appreciated the expansiveness of the planet.”

I just love nonfiction with color picture pages! Also...this book is freaking amazing.

"Perhaps I felt additional self-imposed pressure as a woman. In the past I had been held back from opportunities because I was a girl. Even though nobody in this group had expressed sexism, I was determined to be as strong as any of the men." #quote #quotsymarch

I hear you, Jill...

So excited to finally be sitting down to read this. First page dedication and I'm already loving the tone. #bookspin

So excited that this was the #bookspin pick for March! My mom gave me this for Christmas off my TBR list and It‘s been waiting patiently on my nightstand... @TheAromaofBooks

#QuotsyFeb20 #polar 💙

“Whether it be stingrays, sea lions or polar bears, having the chance to document rare, endangered and charismatic marine life is one of the greatest privileges of my career.”

#QuotsyFeb20 #fossil

Exploration of a sea cave.

“Fossilized sea biscuits—a species of sand dollar—jutted from the wall, indicating this was an ancient seafloor; layers of limestone deposited through time, eroded again to reveal the fossilized past.”

#FebruaryFeels #NarrowEscape

In this book, cave diver Jill Heinerth dives into many narrow places and has some narrow escapes—like in the caves inside the B-15 iceberg in the Antarctica.😱🧊

#QuotsyJan20
#Bump was a little trick. Jill Heinerth‘s passage in her book about seeing an iceberg just beyond the Balleny Islands in Antarctica grow from a bump on the horizon captures that feeling of awe from nature. I just started this memoir about cave diving I picked up as a Kindle Daily Deal last month. 💙🧊

Heinerth‘s cave diving experiences are both hair-raising and exhilarating. The dive through the B15 iceberg, in particular, was bonkers.

A solid adventure memoir. Heinerth has had many fascinating and harrowing experiences as a cave diver, and I loved how attentive she was to the prevalence of sexism and gender inequality in her field. Her personality and approach to risk and fear are SO different from my own, and I feel like I understand the adventurer mindset a bit better after reading this. The prose wasn‘t my favorite, but overall I found it a good, interesting read.