GUE Instructor résumé

Daniel Riordan Araujo

PO Box 98
Puerto Aventuras, Q.Roo
77750
Mexico

Phone: 52 984 873 54 76
Mobile phone: 52 984 807 92 10
Email: danny@dir-mexico.com
dannyr@gue.com
dannyriordan@mac.com
Websites: www.dir-mexico.com
www.zerogravity.com.mx
www.halcyonmexico.com

Professional

  • Owner Zero Gravity Dive Center
  • Exploration diver for MCEP (Mexico Cave Exploration Project)
  • GUE Cave Training Director

Diving Qualifications

  • Cave Instructor GUE, NACD
  • Openwater Instructor PADI
  • Regional Safety Officer GUE

Diving Experience

  • 17 years diving experience
  • 5000+ logged dives
  • 3500+ cave dives
  • 1500+ openwater dives
  • 500+ cave dives using Diver Propulsion Vehicles
  • 400+ cave dives using stage diving techniques
  • 150+ sidemount dives
  • Longest Penetration - 20,000+ ft / 6,000+ m
  • Cave Passage Explored and Surveyed - 70,000+ ft / 21,000+ m
  • Experience in cave systems in Mexico, US, Spain, Italy, Russia, Portugal and France

Community Involvement

  • Founding Member - Grupo de Exploracion Ox Bel Ha
  • Founding Member - Mexico Cave Exploration Project (MCEP)

Special interests

  • Cave Photography
  • Exploration, Survey and Mapping
  • Geology and Hydrology
  • Local Flora and Fauna
  • Mayan Culture and Language

Publications

  • Multiple articles on diving magazines
  • Multiple publication of Photographs in magazines and books

Languages

  • English, Spanish