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Published On: Dec 27, 2005 07:45 AM
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Published On: Dec 27, 2005 07:45 AM
Sund Rock
Nitrox and drysuit class for Walt.
THe man power-skis and teaches celebs to do the same in Sun Valley. He has met and taught the most famous of the famous. He also teaches them to skydive so they can be dropped by helicopter on places you can only get to in that way to ski down way cool mountains. People like this are usually very easy to teach diving stuff. They don't flinch at much.
First dive, North Wall. Three large octos. one probably on eggs. None came out, but all were pretty easy to see. Awesome. 8 wolfies; 3 mated pairs, one huge male near the rockpile at the beginning of the wall. One tiny baby male, living under the huge concrete block that anchors the buoy so you come nearly face to face with him as you descend at the rope.
Second dive was a repeat as Walt wanted to see the octos again. So did I. I could look at octos all day. There si something just SO ethereal about them. They are so incredibly intelligent that I always feel that they are watching us long before we actually see them. Part of my personal pre-dive ritual has always been to pay homage to the sea and now it is also to ask the octopi to share their home and to tell them that it is my intention to be a polite and respectful visitor.
We were tearing donw gear about 7 PM and began to drive home. Across the canal, we saw the mountains shrouded in a pale haze. And we saw *the* most awesome double rainbow.
Left side and right side:
Oh wait, there are TWO!
Reflected in the waters of the Sound:
As the sun set over the Olympics to the West:
THe man power-skis and teaches celebs to do the same in Sun Valley. He has met and taught the most famous of the famous. He also teaches them to skydive so they can be dropped by helicopter on places you can only get to in that way to ski down way cool mountains. People like this are usually very easy to teach diving stuff. They don't flinch at much.
First dive, North Wall. Three large octos. one probably on eggs. None came out, but all were pretty easy to see. Awesome. 8 wolfies; 3 mated pairs, one huge male near the rockpile at the beginning of the wall. One tiny baby male, living under the huge concrete block that anchors the buoy so you come nearly face to face with him as you descend at the rope.
Second dive was a repeat as Walt wanted to see the octos again. So did I. I could look at octos all day. There si something just SO ethereal about them. They are so incredibly intelligent that I always feel that they are watching us long before we actually see them. Part of my personal pre-dive ritual has always been to pay homage to the sea and now it is also to ask the octopi to share their home and to tell them that it is my intention to be a polite and respectful visitor.
We were tearing donw gear about 7 PM and began to drive home. Across the canal, we saw the mountains shrouded in a pale haze. And we saw *the* most awesome double rainbow.
Left side and right side:
Oh wait, there are TWO!
Reflected in the waters of the Sound:
As the sun set over the Olympics to the West:
Posted: Sun - August 28, 2005 at 08:13 PM