A Deep Dive Into Adventure

Ever feel the pull to just take that plunge and learn how to scuba dive? Be one of the intrepid explorers people might read about, say, in National Geographic? Do you envy those who gamely strap on hundreds of pounds (literally) of gear, stagger to the water's edge, and once in the water, be transformed into a balletic aqua-creature, all grace and flow? Don't you wish you could immerse yourself, body and mind, into the vast, endless blue of the ocean? Caves? Antarctic icebergs? Interconnecting aquifers deep below the forest floor? Wanna experience the personal challenge of mastering the daunting chemistry of rebreathers and be one of the truly elite adventurers of our day? Face the challenge of living a sport that snarfs up lives like a couch potato eats chips? Take the dare despite the danger, experience the unparalleled beauty and revel in the comradeship of shared conquest of unspeakable peril? Since my idea of adventure is driving around with under a quarter tank of gas, that's certainly not for me. But it sure was a riveting read!