"I'm sorry, man, I'm really sorry. I shouldn't have questioned you just now. I'm still too narrow-minded. Obviously, there are many experts in this world."
Brother Wolf looked at the owner and then at his daughter. Then he reached out and stroked his daughter's hair and said slowly, "I forgive you."
"Thank you."
The owner left these words and then went back to the cockpit. He did not come out all night.
After spending the night at sea as usual and watching the sunrise, Li Du and the others returned to shore and took a clipper to leave King Island for Melbourne.
Big Quinn, Godzilla, Hannah, and the others went to Melbourne to visit, while Li Du, Hans, Brother Wolf, and Sophie, who accompanied Li Du, went to learn diving.
They signed up for a diving crash course. The head coach of this course was David Marlins, a diving expert in the southern hemisphere and a celebrity in the history of diving.
The magnificent and vast ocean had always been the journey of a good man. The Australian ocean had especially clear blue water and a rich and colorful underwater world. Every year, it would attract countless diving enthusiasts to explore the depths of the ocean and forget to return.
Many countries have niche sports, such as ice hockey in Canada, cricket in India, table tennis in China, and so on. Australia also has a sport, which is diving.
Diving can be divided into three types: snorkeling, deep diving, and freediving.
Snorkeling is the simplest. As the name suggests, this sport involves people floating on the surface of the water with the help of breathing tubes and fins.
Deep diving mainly refers to scuba diving, using compressed air bottles to breathe underwater.
At this stage, one can go deeper into the underwater world and see more wonderful ocean scenery than snorkeling.
Deep diving is more complicated than snorkeling. One needs to wear diving equipment, understand some diving skills, and be accompanied by a coach under the sea. If one wants to experience the fun of deep diving at a deeper level, one can try to get a diving certificate.
These two types of diving are the most common and relatively easy to learn. However, Li Du and Hans are not learning them, but freediving.
Freediving refers to the sport of diving as deep as possible without carrying an air bottle and only using one's own lung capacity to regulate breathing and hold one's breath. This is already an extreme sport.
Relatively speaking, freediving is the most demanding of the people who engage in it. It requires not only rich diving experience, but also strong physical fitness.
Li Du meets half of the requirements. He has no diving experience, but he has strong physical fitness.
Hans was regarded as useless in this sport. He was not physically fit and did not have a lot of diving experience.
The four of them signed up for the class, which cost a total of nearly 10,000 Australian dollars. They were able to personally interact with the famous diving coach, David Mullins.
This expert held two of the eight world records in the free diving world, and had also made achievements in the other six. Although he didn't win many records, he was in the top five or three.
After Li Du and the others signed up, the freediving assistant took them directly to Max's training boat.
David Mullins was a white youth, tall and strong, not much shorter than Godzilla, at least two meters tall.
His body shape was very good. It was a streamlined body that was specially made for the sea. He had the back of a tiger and the waist of a wasp. His muscles were well-developed but not exaggerated. Standing at the bow of the ship, facing the sea breeze, he had his own style.
Both parties shook hands and introduced themselves. Max then asked, "Why do you want to learn freediving?"
Hans laughed, "For love, buddy. We love the ocean."
His answer did not satisfy Max. The big young man said seriously, "I need a real answer, and then I will teach in accordance with the student's aptitude."
"What's the difference?" asked Hans.
"Of course, there are many differences," said Max. "If you really love the sport of freediving, I will teach you professional deep diving.
"If you want to attract the attention of hot girls by freediving, I will teach you how to maintain a beautiful posture and act cool in the water.
"If you do something by freediving, such as catching abalone, sea cucumber, or lobster by hand, I have to teach you how to protect yourself."
Listening to Max's patient introduction, Li Du said, "We are the last kind. We are abalone fishermen, and we want to learn how to dive to catch abalone."
In many countries, wild abalone was harvested by hand, but tools such as oxygen cylinders and electric underwater knives could be used. In Australia, these tools were not allowed.
Therefore, Li Du and the others could only freedive instead of using the general sense of deep diving.
After getting the answer, Max nodded to show that he understood.
Then he said, "You have to think clearly. Do you really want to risk your life to make money? Before you start learning, I have to tell you that freediving is called the second most dangerous sport in the world by Forbes. Every year, at least ten people die because of this sport. "
Hans spread out his hands and said, "We don't have to be so dangerous. We don't have to dive tens or even hundreds of meters deep. Just ten meters."
Li Du thought of the location of the black gold abalone community and said, "Ten meters is not enough, at least twenty-five meters."
"Does it need to be that deep?" Hans was surprised.
Li Du said, "Of course, the abalone in the shallow waters have been harvested long ago. To make money, we have to go deeper and take risks."
Hans was a little hesitant. He had adventurous genes in his blood, but he knew his physical condition and was worried that he would not be able to bear it.
Max comforted him. "It's okay, buddy. I have a special diving training manual from the Bayao tribe in Malaysia. If you're willing, I can teach it to you. I guarantee that you can swim freely at a depth of 40 meters in a week."
Hans was surprised. "There is such a powerful book?"
Brother Wolf, who had been silent, said at this time, "First, you have to pierce the eardrum. Are you sure?"
Max looked at him in surprise and said, "How do you know?"
Hans was confused and cried, "Don't worry about how he knows. Is it true? Do you have to pierce the eardrum to dive? "
Max waved his hand and laughed. "I was joking, but if you really want to learn this skill, you really have to pierce the eardrum. The Bayao people are deaf, which is a pity."
Hans was depressed and said helplessly, "That won't do. I can't hurt my body to dive. Is there any other way?"
Max patted him on the shoulder intimately and comforted him. "Don't think too much. Enjoy the fun that the ocean brings to you. I will start with snorkeling. When the time comes, you will realize that your passion for the ocean is far more than just floating on the surface. You will unconsciously want to go deeper and understand more about the ocean."
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