A life dedicated to adventure and exploration
Leon is a NAUI SCUBA and Nitrox instructor who holds certification from IANTD and TDI through advanced Tri-mix diving. He has experience in deep mixed-gas decompression diving. His specialty is deep wreck exploration and wreck research. He is the author of SHIPWRECKS of FLORIDA'S WEST COAST, the guide to wreck diving on the central Gulf Coast and he is credited with identifying the wreck of the PC463 off Ft. Myers Florida.
As an explorer Leon and his team have the first descent into Turtle Cave, a Karst Window far offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. The team has surveyed the massive cave to a depth of over 230ftsw.
Additionally, Leon is a experienced mountaineer with ascents of peaks in Ecuador, Argentina, Peru, China, Africa, Nepal, Mexico, and the United States.
Leon also guides adventure travel ranging from bungee jumping in Australia, exploring the rainforest canopy in Central America, The Inca Trail in Peru, Mt. Everest Basecamp, Mountaineering on Pico de Orizaba, and Hiking, Trekking, Biking, Rappeling, Climbing, and Diving in some of the most extreme locations on earth.
Leon's writing and photography have appeared in local and national publications. He has appeared on SCUBA radio as well as Tampa Bay's 10 News Life Around the Bay, Fox 13's Sunken Chip, NBCs THE SPOT, and DAYTIME NBC.
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