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Tom Mount
Mount diving a closed circuit rebreather in Miami Beach (2007)
Born21 March 1939
Died19 January 2022 (aged 82)
Florida
NationalityAmerican
EmployerUniversity of Miami[1]: 105 
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/19970626124032/http://www.iantd.com/tom.html
Mount at Ginnie Springs, north Florida, 1993, while teaching a cave diving course.

Tom Mount (March 1939 – January 2022) was an American pioneering

cave diver and technical diver.[2][3]

Mount was born in March 1939.

NOGI Award for 'Sports/Education' in 2000.[9]

In 1991 Mount joined

dive tables for helium-containing trimix as a breathing gas for diving.[10] Mount remained a member of the board of directors of the IANTD.[11]

Mount published a number of technical diving texts, including the Technical Diver Encyclopedia, Exploration and Mixed Gas Diving Encyclopedia and Tek Closed Circuit Rebreather.

He died on 19 January 2022, at the age of 82.[12][2][13]

Awards

Tom Mount was given the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences (AUAS) NOGI Award in 2000 for his outstanding contribution in sports and education.[14]

On 17 May 2014, TEKDiveUSA presented Tom Mount with the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award.[15]

On 8 October 2016, EUROTEK announced that Tom Mount was to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for a lifetime of consistent contribution and discovery that has opened up the field of technical diving. (The nominees that year included Jill Heinerth, Jarrod Jablonski, Casey McKinlay and Martin Parker).[16]

Selected books

  • Mount, T. (1972). Cave Diving Manual. High Springs, Florida: National Association for Cave Diving.
  • Mount, T.; Dickens, R.; Exley, S. (1973). Safe Cave Diving. High Springs, Florida: National Association for Cave Diving.
  • Mount, Tom; Ikehara, Akira J. (1975). Practical Diving: A Complete Manual for Compressed Air Divers. Coral Gables, Fla.: University of Miami Press.
    ISBN 0870242784
    .
  • Mount, Tom (1 May 1998). Technical Diver Encyclopedia. Miami Shores, Florida: International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers.
    ISBN 0915539047
    .

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-939748-25-8
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  2. ^ a b c Weinman, Steve (21 January 2022). "Diving colossus Tom Mount dies". Divernet. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. LCCN 96039661
    .
  4. ^ "3 Jersey Divers Found Dead; Were Exploring Florida Cave". Associated Press. 29 August 1972. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ^
    doi:10.25035/ijare.03.02.07
    . Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Dive History". Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science | University of Miami. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  7. doi:10.4031/MTSJ.34.4.2
    . Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Tom Mount". The Platinum Pro 5000 Divers Directory. Scuba Schools International. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  9. ^ Mount, Tom. "Tom Mount - Sports / Education - 2000". Academy of Underwater Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  10. ^ "The Early Evolution of Technical Diving - Overview".
  11. ^ "Board of Director". www.bigbubble.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  12. ^ Whelan, Stephan. "Technical Diving Pioneer Tom Mount Dies Aged 83". DeeperBlue.com. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  13. ^ Lunn, Rosemary. "Tom Mount – a tribute to a tech diving legend". divemagazine.com.
  14. ^ AUAS Tom Mount Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences
  15. ^ Rosemary E Lunn Tom Mount – a tribute to a tech diving legend Dive Magazine, 17 February 2022.
  16. ^ Rosemary E Lunn Tom Mount – a tribute to a tech diving legend Dive Magazine, 17 February 2022.

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