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“Tunnel Rock” September 9, 2010
by Caciques Jackson Rafter and Sasha Whittle
For our second day of scuba, the campus was up early setting up their scuba gear, despite the sleep-in. After breakfast, each scuba group loaded the boats and took off quickly to finish the final required skills. The morning of skills felt long as we all anticipated the deeper and more adventurous dive. Each group raced back to the boathouse to switch out to their second tanks. Some of us struggled to complete 10 pushups with our tanks and gear on, punishment for leaving our tanks unsupervised. We cruised on our boats farther from the shore than usual, not being able to see the creatures that awaited us at the bottom. We grabbed the boats anchor line, many of us clenching with white knuckles nervous for our first Continue reading