Extreme Cave Diving: Exploring the Blue Holes of the Bahamas
The opening show for this second season of National Geographic Live was not a disappointment.
I am always amazed by the craziness of these "explorers". Kenny's thing is to go into underground caves that are filled with water, sometimes squeezing through very tight spaces to reach the next cave.
Whlie he says this is the lazy man's activity, ie. when dry caving, it may take days to reach a particular spot as you have to build scafolding etc. to get to a high point, in underwater caves you only have to swim over to it. However, being in an underwater cave, that you may have had to push through some very narrow passageways to arrive, and you are now half a mile from the entry point to the water has to require nerves of steel. This is not for the faint of heart, as several close calls testify.
However, it is wonderful that people like him have the courage to do this and bring back such amazing images for the rest of us to appreciate.
This is a great family show. It's too bad it starts so late (8:00), making a late night at the beginning of the week, which doesn't work out so well for young kids, spending the rest of the week in a fog....
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