Congrats to Penny Palfrey, her coaches, and support crew on her incredible swim!!! I was following it last night online!:applaud::bow: Steve Mullatones who taught our OW Swim Clinic at SwimFest last month was right there with her as well!
www.compasscayman.com/.../
Morality and ethics aside this "shark control" was a bad idea.First the shark is distracted by bloody chum,then it is caught on a hook and line so that it thrashes around in distress,which excites more predators,then it is killed with a machete,increasing the amount of blood in the water.This is a good strategy only if your goal is to catch sharks instead of protect a swimmer.
Evidently this action wasn't sanctioned by the swimmer or the other support crew and it is too bad it distracts from the major accomplishment that this swim was.
Morality and ethics aside this "shark control" was a bad idea.First the shark is distracted by bloody chum,then it is caught on a hook and line so that it thrashes around in distress,which excites more predators,then it is killed with a machete,increasing the amount of blood in the water.This is a good strategy only if your goal is to catch sharks instead of protect a swimmer.
Evidently this action wasn't sanctioned by the swimmer or the other support crew and it is too bad it distracts from the major accomplishment that this swim was.
