INTO THE PLANET My Life as a Cave Diver

Jill Heinerth loves cave diving. That's clear in her prose, and it's also crystal clear in her voice as she describes diving in dangerous underwater caves among unknown species and stalactites and frightening cold. Heinerth is incredibly brave and skilled as she breaks barriers diving in the deepest cave in the world, in Mexico, and inside the biggest iceberg in recorded history. Her diving is part of what she calls the "age of technical exploration"--above, below, and inside the earth. Heinerth is genuine and appealing; her warm, enthusiastic voice is touched with intensity in the face of perilous situations, sorrowful when a friend dies, and, through it all, tinged with charming Canadian vowels. She has lost dozens of friends to the caves, suffered from the bends, and had a leaky glove in icy water. Stay safe, Jill. A.B. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2020]