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// June 21st, 2010 // 1 Comment » // USA Dive Guide
This strangely clinical thought occurred to me as I counted more than 50 silky sharks passing between me and the psychological safety of the steel trellis supporting the Mobil High Island 389 natural gas platform: When encountering numerous predatory sharks, one should have a cage nearby.
// May 18th, 2010 // No Comments » // Coral Reefs, Diving, Ecology, Marine Life
Three great white sharks circled our cage. As a 16-footer brushed the thin steel wire, I sucked hard on my hookah’s regulator. Nothing. No air. No choice. I clambered up the 10-foot cage wall to the window above. As I stood on the cage’s top and reached for the boat, I felt a great white sniff my boot.
