UTD Journal Volume 1, Issue 8, October 2013 | Page 6

ARGENTARIO DIVERS UTD TRAINING IN TUSCANY, ITALY T uscany is an Italian region full of historic sites; it was inhabited by Etruscan people who sailed the Mediterranian sea colonizing neighboring coasts. We can still find traces of this history on our local dive sites, framed by amazing natural landscape. In this pleasant coast, on Argentario promuntory, thanks to Simone and Stefania’s love of the region and vast underwater experience, Argentario Divers was founded. Their irrepressible enthusiasm and experience and their deep knowledge of sea give every client a rich diving experience. Argentario Divers is the region’s UTD Leadership Training Center. Simone Nicolini Stefania Mensa is the administrative director, PADI instructor and local dive guide. She was born in Argentario and started working in local dive community in 1997 when she started to manage the Argentario Village scuba school. Several years later she began a partnership with Leonardo Olmi, an underwater photographer and journalist, and began her career reporting for scuba magazines. Her most important experience was the collaboration with the Pellican Explorer Team. They realized the Underwater Sea House project, remaining underwater for ten consecutive days. Two years later she improved her results lengthening the stay to 15 days. Simone Nicolini is the technical dive director at Ar- The Italian Team –Instructor Trainers, Instructors, and DM’s.