Tom Wilson
Master of Ceremonies
One of
Tom's favourite phrases is, "The
more I learn, the more I learn how little I know," from Socrates, which
he finds translates perfectly into Great Lakes diving. "The more I dive
the more I realize there's more out there to discover than I ever
imagined," he said recently. Drawing on over 1,000 dives in
environments from caves to ice and training from Open Water to Full
Trimix, he brings a unique perspective to scuba that usually includes a
few laughs along the way.
By
his own admission Tom Wilson dives
essentially for one reason: to
capture photographs. You may have seen the fruits of his efforts in the
magazines such as Diver, Advanced Diver, Scuba Press, Immersed, Ottawa
Outdoors, and even the Toronto Star, all concentrating on the amazing
wrecks of the Great Lakes which he firmly believes offer the best wreck
diving in the world. To compare he has traveled to such places as
Roatan, Truk Lagoon, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, Florida and North
Carolina, but has found they pale in comparison to the diversity and
numbers we have in our own backyard. Tom is a PADI Master Scuba Diver
Trainer, and holds various certifications from IANTD, TDI, and GUE all
the way up to full trimix and full cave. He enjoys teaching underwater
photography, along with ice diving and nitrox courses.
Tom has presented both short and primary presentations at previous
"Shipwrecks Symposiums" and was Master of Ceremonies for the last two years. We are very
pleased to have him back again
this year. You
may view some of Tom's photography on his web site http://www.scubaq.ca