Shark Diving

Yesterday I plopped down $35 for the right to be eaten by many, many man eating sharks in the Bahamas at Stuart's Cove.  I wasn't going to go but after seeing Bishop Tom and many of my friends deciding they thought it may be cool to die at the teeth of some sharks, I went (apparently I am part lemming).  We drove across the island to a cove, were assigned some flippers (so the sharks don't think our feet are food) and boarded a boat to meet our deaths.  Once we got out there, they lower some chum below you in the water while you snorkel and watch the action.  Sounds kind of safe right?  Not really.  First of all the liability form states that if you may not be rescued and there will be no medical assistance offered if something does go wrong.  Secondly there are not just a couple of large sharks but about 50 of them.  One just about knocked Spencer's underwater camera out of his hand and one ran into my foot.  I have never experienced physical fear in my life until yesterday when I was terrified when we got in and I looked down and saw not only sharks but some of the largest fish I have ever seen.

As time went on, the sharks came up higher in the water as they know the chum gets fed to them later.  Once we were out of the water, the feeding frenzy began and it was unreal as well.  I took some photos with Todd Littleton's SLR so when he uploads them to Flickr, I will offer up some links.  Would I go again?  I would go in a heartbeat.  It was one of the coolest things I have ever done.  The underwater video footage that Spencer took was amazing and I will post the link to Google Video once he uploads it.

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