Show Diver Walks On Hampton Roads Mile Five-Mile Undersea Hike Is Expected to Take Four Hours NORFOLK Va Oct 16 AP AP- AP Klaas Everts deep sea diver iver who took a practice stroll recently across the bottom of ot the Elizabeth river Between Norfolk and Portsmouth Portsmouth Ports Ports- mouth donned his bulky suit again agan today for his first attempt to cross the bed of Hampton Roads on foot between Old Point Comfort Comfor and the naval na operating base Everts Eve choice of unusual spots for his rambles was based several months ago upon the contention that swimming the English channel I was becoming common anybody could do It and arid his challenge to tob b boat beat t any pedestrian In a race across the Roads along the surface of the earth In his previous submarine hike the diver walked a little mor morg mord than thana a mile In fifty minutes clad In a a 1 regulation diving suit Before he entered the water at the Old Point wharf today he said he expected to traverse the five miles mlles to the naval base in less Jess than four hours A launch will accompany him to carry the air pump Ife Ie also carries carries car car- ries ties a small telephone connected with the launch and will converse converse during his journey with those aboard the launch haunch From them he will obtain directions as to his course as he will be walking in to total total to- to tal tat darkness Sunken wrecks and channel cuts are expected to hamper hamper- him but the chief obstacle will wiil be the main channel ich drops away for some twenty feet |