...is a perfect weekend in my books.
So, really since you last heard from me: there has been lab work, including an awesome amount of mRNA processing, PCR, inventing a new type of bacteria, all sorts. Also, there has been inventing a hypothetical new drug and planning a presentation on emerging diseases.
In other news there have been blue jays, crayfish, amazing dragonflies, and I discovered utopia. But mroe about that some other time.
Teh really exciting things that happened this weekend involved jumping off cliffs into the gorge and sliding down a naturally cut waterslide with a skijump at the end to launch off into the boiling plunge pool at the bottom of a huge waterfall. This has been amazing. And also an interesting exercise in risk management and the control of fear.
A 15-20m drop is scary. But various factors must be taken into account when deciding if it's logic or emotion stopping you from jumping. These factors include the answers to these questions: "How tired am I? Could I swim to the side?", "Is there overhanging rock that might fall as I jump? Can I jump far enough out to prevent this?", "Have I tested the water depth? Do I think it deep enough?" and finally "Do I have the nerve?"
That last one is physiological, do I have the nerve to keep a clear head and think straight while plummeting? Because if not, it may lead to illogical behaviour and unpredicatable outcomes.
So, yeah, I went cliff diving. And then Clint and I took the other troops down to jump as well. Was excellent. There was also a waterfall to attack:
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Eheheh now why doesn't that surprise me that you did that?
ReplyDeleteSince we last spoke my computer bit the dust :(
I read. Very sad, but a suitable replacement is being drawn together from the aether I trust?
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