Where would I be without a good road trip of any length? I spent my entire summer last year hiking to and finding all the rope swings in Utah, most of which are pretty sketchy and on some very high cliffs and usually during the winter I escape to California.
I compete in triathlons and am getting psyched for the upcoming season. I also play your run of the mill sports: street basketball, sand volleyball, and cage soccer.
My biggest obsession however is Scuba Diving. I am a Master Diver/Instructor and I dive in some remarkable places: caves, shipwrecks, with sharks, you name it. I spear fish off Catalina Island in California every year and if I could I would move to the Micronesia, Australia, Belize, or Utila and live the dream. For some reason though, I am getting my Master's in Accounting with my emphasis in Taxation.
So, what is it I am planning on doing this summer? I will be spending a month in the Caribbean Sea between Utila Island (a small island off Honduras, Mexico) and Belize “working” as a scuba instructor and having the time of my life. It’s my compromise of the adventurous life I want and the responsible one I have from my day to day career as a corporate and international tax auditor with the IRS.
I think by doing a lot of these activities you learn how to respect the environment. When I got scuba certified they always talked to us about respecting what you saw when you dove and not taking things. I think this would be a good topic in being environmentally conscious and how people need to learn what that is.
ReplyDeleteA clean environment is essential for outdoor sports. No one wants to go cliff diving into an ocean with oil floating on the top of it.
ReplyDeleteScuba Environmental Issues: Keeping the oceans clean and natural, not disrupting reefs etc will keep it nice for scuba divers, but divers must be courteous and conscientious for others after them. Spearfishing regulations ought to be kept and enforced so we don't kill off the sea life.
ReplyDeleteRock Climbing Environmental Issues: Although many climbers adhere to "minimal impact" and "leave no trace" practices, rock climbing is sometimes damaging to the environment. Common environmental damages include: soil erosion, chalk accumulation, litter, abandoned bolts and ropes,introduction of foreign plants through seeds on shoes and clothing, and damage to native plant species, especially those growing in cracks and on ledges as these are often intentionally removed during new route development through a process commonly referred to as cleaning.
Clean climbing is a style of rock climbing which seeks to minimize some of the aesthetically damaging side effects of some techniques used in trad climbing and more often, aid climbing by avoiding using equipment such as pitons, which damage rock.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_climbing#Environmental)
I'd ask, how are you not involved with the environment? Most things that you have participated involve some aspect of the environment you grew up in. Being outdoors, and adventurous, and very goal oriented. My suggestion is to find more, what have you not done that would have the environment involved?
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