Ok, this was actually pretty challenging.
I’ve been diving for a while…over the past 15 years or so. And there are a lot of skills involved. Some are very routine and are a matter of muscle memory.
Today I spent time learning how to demonstrate those skills without talking and using exaggerated physical movements. Like how flight attendants demonstrate on airplane videos. So a viewer picks up on all the little details and movements.
The advice was basically 1. Go Super Slow 2. Do it so you think you look like a clown.
Here is a video of the skills and how we are supposed to look. The exaggerated style is harder than it looks.
Exam 1 later tonight.
Also incidentally, there are 5 of us in my Divemaster class. At this point, one is laid up with an ear infection, one cut his head in a non-dive related accident and required 3 stitches. So only 3 divers today…but one has severe diarrhea, so we will see tomorrow.
Made inquiries about fresh fish for cooking. It’s harder than it sounds. This is a Marine Park and some of the people eat and local businesses offer the reef fish which is a no-no. I’m looking for a source of deep sea fish to cook myself.
Why are reef fish a no-no?
I can’t wait to see your first fish plate. Are you grilling?
And by the way, have no idea how I got to be 42 and didn’t know how good mango was until a few weeks ago!
Reef fish are more limited because there is a lot less reef than open ocean. These are shallow water fish while there is much more OCEAN than coast. Reefs are a pretty sensitive eco-system. I’m pretty agreeable with the experts on this, if you know what I mean.
Also, I’ve had to do this kind of training before when I was doing therapeutic horseback riding. Obviously the reason being that some of the clients were totally non-verbal/couldn’t understand language, so we had to engage them through motion. It’s tough. Not intuitive.
Fantastic example. Really, it actually makes it click better for me.