I knew I was hooked on diving the first time I took a breath from a regulator. That must have been around 1988, when I was a junior lifeguard in my home town near Münster, Germany.

These days, I live in Asia most of the time (Taiwan and the Philippines).

I am a TDI instructor trainer and Fathom rebreather instructor, as well as the Senior Editor of Alert Diver magazine (EU).

Besides diving, I enjoy working out (strength and conditioning, some running, bad yoga), reading fiction and non-fiction, and music. I’m a certified legal translator in my first career.

Through luck and determination, and with the invaluable help of people I met along the road, I’ve been able to combine my love of travel and the underwater world with a passion for teaching and the written word and turn it all into a way of life.