Into The Wild....
Watched it for the first time today after work. It was kinda weird, but good and a true story. It is amazing how one could want to "escape from the rat race of the world" and go into the wild.....but I understand...
Soundtrack goes well with it which is excellent, of course....
Soundtrack goes well with it which is excellent, of course....
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Last weekend my brother and I were surfing at Yallingup (PJ know this place well - listen to any Perth bootleg) and a local pod of dolphins known for also surfing the waves suddenly appeared before me in a wave I was paddling over. For a split second I was face to face with six beautiful torpedo-like creatures as they rode the walling swell, and then as I went over the wave and they flashed below me, inches from my spellbound body.
Into the wild - it rules!
dude -that is awesome!
Right on about both. Nature RULES!
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What a beautiful experience! The thing that blows me away when things like this occur is the sense that these creatures know exactly what they are doing - communing with man. Lots of folks think that animals are "dumb", have no sensitivities or innate knowledge. I really hope they're wrong.
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There is no way these creatures are dumb. I've seen them out there many times, they're well known by the locals - watching them surf big waves, bounding out infront of the swell is awesome. Sometimes they'll surface near you and just hang around or cruise past giving you a knowing look. This was the first time I've encountered them on the same wave, and at such speed. For a moment I was waiting for half a dozen blows if we crashed into each other, but they have a complete mastery of those waters and I'm guessing they buzzed me on purpose - I wonder if they got the same thill I did?
On a side note at the local pub, there is an amazing picture of a guy surfing the same break of what looks like a 10 foot wave, and behind him there is the massive black shape of a white pointer shark. Now that experience I'd rather not have - especially as a good friend pulled the mangled body of a sufer from the waters a few years back who have been killed by such an animal at Cowtown.
well worth the time
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What you have to say, and your story, reminded me of experiences I had as a child. I was born and grew up in Miami. My Dad ALWAYS had a boat and we would go down to the Florida Keys and spend weekends, weeks in the summer, enjoying either the Gulf or the Atlantic. Sometimes on a calm day when my Dad would have the boat running full out, Dolphins would slide their bodies up against the hull, on either side of the bow, and "ride" along with the boat. I always sat up on the bow so I could see anything in the water so I always had the advantage of seeing this happen. Had my legs been a little longer, I could have literally put my feet on their bodies. Heck yeah, Ithink they buzzed you on purpose and got as big a thrill as you did, but people like to tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about.
This world is so full of amazing things. (besides PJ)
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Henry David Thoreau
The movie however was very well done; just wished I had watched the movie first as I would not have been as jaded by what I already knew from the book and reading up on other parts of his story.
Agree, Into Thin Air is a great book.
Another I just finished is Born to Run by Chris McDougall, excellent read especially for anyone who runs ultramarathons.
Just Breathe is reminiscent of what Ed does on Into the Wild
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You just get a plane to Perth and then a 2 -3 our drive to Dunsborough. I'll drive you the 7kms to Yallingup Beach.