Friday, May 22, 2009

Catalina Boot Camp!

Greetings from Catalina Island. It's just after dinnertime and I've got about 20 minutes of free time, the first I've had all day. Since arriving on the island 3 days ago (is that ALL?), I have been about as busy as I've ever been in my life. We (the Instructor Training Candidates and I) have been tested on very challenging in-water skills such as jumping off a dock into 20 feet of water holding scuba tank, weight belt, fins, and mask in hand and putting it all on at the bottom in under 4 minutes. We also had to swim 450 yards in under 20 minutes, and 900 yards using fins. In addition, we've been working on presentations of various scuba-related topics with little (read: "damn-near no") time to prepare. Since breakfast yesterday morning, I've done 7 presentations, four of which I passed. We get to work around 7am, and finish around midnight.
Whoops! Out of time. More later...

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