CHEESMAN RESERVOIR - Wanted: Deep-water diver who is not claustrophobic, has zero problems with isolation, works well under pressure and isn't ashamed to talk like Daffy Duck.
Cowards need not apply.
John Ventress has never authored a want ad, but if he had to his first one would probably look a lot like that. Such is life for the man who's heading up a multi-million dollar repair project currently taking place inside Cheesman Reservoir.
"This is a mindset. It's not for everybody," says Ventress who works for Seattle-based Global Diving and Salvage. "You have to be able to deal with things and not let things bother you."
Been there, it's not fun diving to work, welded on offshore rigs, decompression is boring, good luck finding someone here, I'd call some buds in FL that would do it, 350.00+ per hr.
