Tropic Sprockets / The Deepest Breath
By Ian Brockway
The sea is a gorgeous environment, but it is a
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Okay, I’ll see it for the beauty of the locations. But I am a REAL “free diver.” That is, I hold me breath instead of scuba for the freedom of grabbing lobster and spearing fish in around 20 feet of water. I’ve been as deep as 45 feet, chasing a peacock flounder in Bonaire. My final bucket list item was snorkel-only 2 weeks in Raja Ampat.
But this sort of “free diving” is insane, like the idiots who suffer an die on Everest in the spirit of “mountain climbing.” 100 dead in the Blue Hole. Recording “championships” for suicidal acts like this is like offering an award to whoever can snort the most meth, hooray for you.