I had an feathery experience while swimming in the ocean...at the beach in front of my house is a rock which, at high tide, I dive from. I swim a set number of strokes out, then swim back in.
So I've done about ten of these out and backs, and am feeling pretty winded. After swimming out again, I float on my back, recovering. An eagle dives down and swoops over me, about a metre above my body...I could see his belly, talons, tail feathers, etc so clearly! But it also spooked me! Thank goodness he didn't think I was a salmon...
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George,
That is quite an incredible picture.
I can't imagine staying calm. I practically walked on the water when 3 dolphins zoomed up underneath me and one rubbed his belly on mine.
If I knew there was a shark, now that would not be pretty.
I can fully understand why you and your crew took no breaks!
I must say, the crew would never have been bored on that swim!!
IT's almost mind boggling when I think about it.
And that is why I prefer the fresh water swims. My imagination works overtime in the sea!
Any chance you may come across the pond and do a distance swim in Lake Cowichan??
Kiwi
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While swimming in Boca De Igauna we had a strange visitor come by. He walked over the edge of a tent we had set up for my daughter to stay in. His name is Poncho the resident 15 foot long Crocodile.
Later that day two of our group were scuba diving out by the rocks about 200 meters off shore and who did they come face to face with??? Poncho. They left the area in a hurry and were about to get in the Zodiac and they found a baby whale blocking their way to the boat. They swam on a little farther and got to the side of the boat and the mother whale appeared. They got in the boat and away they went. Our swim clinic shifted to a swim pool for the next two weeks.
George
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I crashed in to a barnacle covered bouy once. Does that count?
My coach swam Alcatraz once eye to eye with a sea lion. The other day, I asked him about drafting, and all he said was "make sure the draftee is human."
