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Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver

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by Jill Heinerth

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I just finished reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed, is this another book where there seems to be more focus on interpersonal relationships than the adventure itself? I actually want to learn something not read about their experiences with dating...
Tracy It's kind of hard to read about her life and not wonder how it affects her relationships, so she answers the obvious questions, but it's most definite…moreIt's kind of hard to read about her life and not wonder how it affects her relationships, so she answers the obvious questions, but it's most definitely not the focus of the book. I found her explorations and adventures downright thrilling, and much about the planet and water very educational.(less)
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🕷🕷🕷is cave diving scary?
Eunji In the right caves, it's beautiful.

I cave dive but only in the crystal clear and relatively warm waters of Mexico, and I'll admit that while every onc…moreIn the right caves, it's beautiful.

I cave dive but only in the crystal clear and relatively warm waters of Mexico, and I'll admit that while every once in a while my lizard brain has a moment of "wtf am I doing here?!?!?", for 99.99% of the time it is serene and zen and incredible. There is a lot of safety and redundancy built into the practices for cave diving (for example, we bring 3 torches per person so that even if one fails we have not one but *two* left as we make our way out) and most cave divers never do exploration, we simply follow in the footsteps (fin-steps?) of the explorers before us.(less)
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