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Day 12: Shark Bait

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Today was the day that my life has built up too. Today is a day where I conquer fears, embrace life, and look danger in the eye until it swims away, because you see today is the day I dive with the…… GREAT WHITE SHARK!!!! Since I was a kid I have had a list of things I’ve wanted to do since I was 13, and one of those was to dive with a great white shark. It’s just exhilarating to face your dreams and prepare for them. I think that everyone should make a list like this, because the feeling you get when you physically mark it off your list is amazing.

Anyway we woke up and took our long drive to the docks of a town called Gansbaai. As we arrive I realize that this is actually happening and when I saw the boat with the cages on it my heart started beating really fast. We got out and had a really great breakfast, but it was on to more important things. We got to the boats, and they gave us a tutorial and safety lesson. Then they went on to tell us how the girls would go first. I don’t care to let them go first but I was definitely going to be the first one in the cage. Well anyway everyone started putting on their wet suits and they were taking forever with it, and acting like it was really hard. I was so excited that bad boy was on in 2.5 seconds.

Well they all got in the cage first and they were scared out of their mind, I was sitting up on the top deck and laughing so hard because I was so excited as soon as I saw the shark. Well as soon as they got out I literally jumped in the cage, I didn’t climb in, I jumped in. Well I got to the end of the cage and as soon as they got the others in they locked up the cage and down we went.

My heart was racing I couldn’t stop laughing I was so excited. The waves were roaring, making the cage shake vibrantly. Some of the others were wanting out but there I was fingers clinched against the cage, as I watched one of the most dangerous creatures circle us. I noticed that it circled us a couple of times and then disappeared. All of a sudden out of nowhere he slung himself at our cage and bit it right in front of us. It was exhilarating, and a priceless moment that would allow me to cross number one off my list of things to do.


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