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The beginning
ShamuStar - 5/05/2008 10:35 PM
Today is a great day. I earned my open water certification through SSI. I am based in Boston right now, but am moving to Miami, FL to work at an aquarium. We dove two days in Hathaway’s pond in Hyannis, MA. I’d say the biggest challenge was the temperature. I think something is seriously warm if I start to think that 54-degree water is balmy. The first day I had some mild hypothermia in the extremities. But had the BEST shower in my entire life when I got home. That shower was better than sex, c...