点评:I got introduced to Scuba 11 years ago. On a Vacation with friends, they talked me into breathing air from a bottle 50 feet under the ocean to "look at fish". Hesitant at the seeming absurdity of the sport but not wanting to be the only one on land, I relented. I was promised that nothing can go wrong because the Dive Master was that good. "Yeah right" I thought. I had anatomy and physics classes, everything can go wrong.
A 20 minute rundown of the gear, procedure, and what to do I didn't believe this was going to go well. Then I got in the water... Breathing from a regulator was awkward, having air pushed into your lungs at pressure and not breathing through your nose. Foreign to me as a lifelong athlete and everything I was taught. But I decided to listen to the Dive master because this was his world. His unnatural calm, friendliness, and simple instruction seemed worth a try. 5 minutes of review 10 feet down and we were off. I never hated my preconceived notions before. I love every second. The Dive master's name was Shaggy.
Fast forward to this year, after 11 years of nagging and lots of life under my belt, we went down and I finally decided to get certified. Now, Shaggy was running his own show right where we were staying. If there was a place where God vacationed, this would be it. And he'd probably pick Shaggy to certify him. For two days, he patiently and expertly turned me into a fish. After all my years of college, work, rock climbing,
downhill biking, snowboarding, etc. I didn't know the best teacher I'd meet would be some guy on an island in the Caribbean.
That's exactly what happened. I'm now planning every way I can to learn more from him. So you guys better not take ALL the spots. Maybe I'll catch some of you down there. From SDI Diver #1655830, don't listen to that voice in your head telling you it's not worth it or everything can go wrong. I had stuff go wrong, and Shaggy was there to sort me out, calm and knowledgeable as 11 years ago.
翻译:11 年前,我开始接触水肺潜水。在一次与朋友度假时,他们说服我呼吸 50 英尺深海瓶中的空气来“观察鱼”。这项运动看似荒谬,我对此感到犹豫,但又不想成为陆地上唯一的潜水员,所以我让步了。潜水教练向我保证不会出错,因为潜水教练非常优秀。“是的”,我想。我上过解剖学和物理课,一切都可能出错。
20 分钟的装备、程序和操作说明,我不相信这会顺利进行。然后我下水了……通过调节器呼吸很不方便,空气在压力下被推入肺部,而不是通过鼻子呼吸。作为一名终身运动员,我所学的一切对我来说都很陌生。但我决定听潜水教练的话,因为这是他的世界。他不同寻常的冷静、友好和简单的指导似乎值得一试。在 10 英尺深处回顾了 5 分钟,我们出发了。我以前从未讨厌过我的先入为主的观念。我爱每一秒。潜水大师的名字叫 Shaggy。
快进到今年,经过 11 年的唠叨和丰富的经验,我们下水了,我终于决定获得认证。现在,Shaggy 就在我们住的地方经营着自己的节目。如果上帝有一个度假的地方,那就是这里。他可能会选择 Shaggy 来认证他。两天来,他耐心而熟练地把我变成了一条鱼。在我上大学、工作、攀岩、下坡骑行、滑雪等这么多年之后,我不知道我遇到的最好的老师会是加勒比海岛上的某个人。
事情就是这样。我现在正计划尽我所能向他学习更多。所以你们最好不要占据所有的位置。也许我会在那里抓到你们中的一些人。来自 SDI 潜水员 #1655830,不要听从你脑海里那个告诉你这不值得或一切都会出错的声音。我遇到过一些事情,Shaggy 在那里帮我解决了问题,他像 11 年前一样冷静而博学。