Subject: RE: When shark attack..... ChrisM - 2008-09-03 4:16 PM
Daremo - 2008-09-03 12:49 PM BbMoozer - 2008-09-03 2:21 PM There have been lots of ocean triathlon swims... worldwide. As far as I know, no one has ever been attacked during a tri. Not true ..... there are documented accounts of a tri back a few years where a few members of the pro field were nibbled on and chased. Can't remember which pro woman it was, but she basically swam over someone and said "shark" to them and they all booked it to the beach. Some good swim splits that day!! Mark Montgomery was one. I've dived with a few (thousand) sharks, still have all my fingers and toes (never miss an opportunity to post shark pics!)
I love this pic! I am still trying to get my winter trip to the flower gardens (I know that is not where this one was taken )..... to experience schooling hammerheads.
Ok.. people.. I have been on dives (as several of you have ) with some of the sharks on top 10 most "aggressive" list..... and if they didn't attack my hams, you're safe. They just looked at me like... "what's up"....and swam off to deeper water. And if I hadn't been paying attention on these dives, I would have missed them all together. You have a MUCH higher chance of getting hit by a landshark during the bike portion of the race.
In the end, it really does no good to worry about things you cannot control. And the only way you can control this would be to never get in the ocean, but then what do you avoid next because of fear, and where does it stop?
Kenny |