Well kiddos, this is it. I leave shortly for a week in Hawaii, and alea iacta est. Thursday night is my chance to step off of a boat into the inky black ocean and whatever I may find there tethered 40 feet down, suspended over more than a mile of water. I don’t think I’ll really know if I really have the guts to do it until I’m standing there. What awaits: You will, of course, get a full report should I survive. : ) There are reports of curious (and a little more than curious, perhaps) oceanic whitetip sharks and marlins checking out the divers on this trip. I am trying to console myself with the numbers. If you believe them, my odds of death are significantly higher for any activity (including lighting a candle, putting on a hooded sweatshirt, or (especially) driving to the dive shop) *besides* the blackwater dive.
In the meantime, you should all go see the opening of (the appropriately themed) Oceans on Earth Day — April 22! As covered in this post, this is my favorite natural history documentary maker’s latest film, and it does not look likely to disappoint unless Disney gets too much of their way with it. To refresh your memory, here is the trailer of the French version: So there will be no new posts for over a week, I’m afraid. Expect me back, should all go according to plan and Kilauea doesn’t decide to pull an Eyjafjallajokull, sometime on April 25. Aloha!
