I cannot watch this video without busting a gut laughing. Some people truly have too much time on their hands. Made all the more awesome by the music and the Aussie’s ‘I just bench-pressed the world and now I want my Mom to see’ cheers. Love it.

Aside from being kidnapped in Cambodia and chased by an Elk in Banff (ps don’t pet then during mating season), this was my first true adventure travel experience.  I went cage diving with great white sharks at Guadalupe Island in October 2007 for five days with Shark Diver, a San Diego-based company that gives divers with enough cajones the chance to dive with Jaws and his buddies.  Truth be told, the sharks were nothing like Jaws.  Most of them were pretty mellow.  They’d usually pop by the cages shortly after we put them in the water and made sporadic appearances throughout the day.  They’re very intelligent creatures – nothing at all like you’d expect after watching Jaws and the shark porn portrayed on Discovery Channel’s Shark Week in 2009.  Great white sharks are magnificent creatures that are vital to the health of our oceans.  Unfortunately, their less-than-cuddly image has made them a target for killing, as with most other shark species.  Patric Douglas, Luke Tipple and their collaborators at Shark Diver have done an admirable job of raising these issues in the media.  They also offer what is truly a once in a lifetime experience to dive with these amazing creatures

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