NATIONALITY:

Swiss

PLACE OF RESIDENCE:

Birkeland, Norway

ORIGINALLY FROM ZURICH, SWITZERLAND HP HARTMANN HAS BEEN LIVING IN MEXICO SINCE APRIL 2005.

He came to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico in order to pursue his passion for diving. Therefor he closed his Web agency in Switzerland and became a PADI Instructor.

During that time he worked as an Instructor in Playa del Carmen and after a while he became a Cavern Guide and started guiding in the Caverns. In his free time he started diving and filming in the caves.

HP is an experienced diver and has dived all over the World in different environments. He loves to dive in Side Mount and Diver Propulsion Vehicle and for sure with his camera in the caves.

HP uses every dive to improve his skillset to show the beauty of this incredible underworld in his movies. He loves to experiment with gear and technical dive and video equipment. So he has also developed parts of the Razor 2 Side Mount System together with Steve.

HP edits the shots he took by himself and uses therefor his experience from his former job.

CURRENTLY HP IS ACTIVELY TEACHING NEW RAZOR INSTRUCTORS, SIDE MOUNT COURSES, TEACHING AND GUIDING CAVE AND IS INVOLVED IN SEVERAL FILM PROJECTS.