Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Annals Of Achievement--Half Woman/Half Fish: South African Verna Van Schaik is one hell of a scuba diver. Yesterday she dove to 221 meters (that's 725 feet for all you metric-challenged readers), in a deep, dark cave at North Cape, South Africa. That's an all-time depth record for a woman, and it took Van Schaik just 12 minutes to get to that depth. Then came the hard part--a five hour and twenty seven minute ascent, which required 40 separate decompression stops. Read Verna's dive diary here. There's also a great photo gallery. Cave diving. I can't see it, because I've never had a thing for Gollum. But there's always someone...
Verna As Venus: "You know. It just occurred to me. This is a really, really weird sport..."
Verna As Venus: "You know. It just occurred to me. This is a really, really weird sport..."
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