Thresher Sharks, Birthdays and False Starts

Ok.... having figured out how the page works, here goes Take Two :

Not wanting to upstage the Monday News - more by way of a preview - how about a mention for the Thresher shark that kindly presented itself in front of Jim Morton on his 1000th dive for his Birthday last Wednesday. Where? It popped up and hung around he and buddy Brian King at 65m as they were ascending up past the Deep Atolls. Where they were coming up from is a long story - see Monday - but the shark was certainly fact and not hallucination as there was enough helium in their tanks to fill a Zeppelin, and both the lads had been off the sauce for a few days prior to the big dive. Difficult to believe I know but Sam gave them clear instructions not to go near each other in the evenings which seemed to do the trick.
Nice dive and worth the effort, we'll have a chat to the shark about putting in an appearance a bit shallower once in a while for the masses.
More on Monday - possibly with photos of both the aftermath of Jim's day, and of Brian's sequel celebration today.

I can also now Postscript this message with the news that presumed same Thresher showed up again this morning at the bottom of Sinandigan Wall during a training dive with Sam and John Parish. Not a bad week so far. And to think Best Mate Drew Childers went all the way to Malapascua this weekend when he could have been viewing the beasts here! We'll try and make a habit of carrying the video on dives in that area this weekend, you never know, the first sighting the shark stayed with the divers for long enough to have made a few shots possible.

Watch this space..