NaSarah Martin, Kukurukurirana Associate, The Ocean Foundation

Mushure mekushanda kuThe Ocean Foundation kwerinopfuura gore, ungafunga kuti ndichave ndakagadzirira kunyura mukati…chaizvo. Asi ndisati ndaenda pasi pemvura, ndakashamisika kana ndakanga ndadzidza zvakawanda pamusoro pechakaipa nechakashata kuti ndiise pfungwa pazvose zvakanaka zvaionekwa mugungwa. Ndakawana mhinduro yangu nekukurumidza sezvo murairidzi wangu weSCUBA akandinongedzera kuti ndirambe ndichituhwina pane kungoyangarara ndichiyeverwa nezvishamiso zvakandipoteredza. Muromo wangu ungadai wakave agape, kunze kwekunge iwe unoziva, iyo yese yekufema pasi pemvura chinhu.

Rega ndidzokere shure zvishoma. Ndakakurira mutaundi duku kuWest Virginia. Chiitiko changu chekutanga chemahombekombe chaive Bald Head Island, NC pandakanga ndiri kuchikoro chepakati. Ndichiri nendangariro dzakajeka dzekushanyira turtle matendere enzvimbo, ndichiteerera nhunzvi dzichitanga kuchera nzira dzadzo kubva mujecha dzichienda kunyanza. Ndakaenda kumahombekombe kubva kuBelize kuenda kuCalifornia kuenda kuBarcelona, ​​asi ndakanga ndisati ndamboona upenyu pasi pegungwa.

Ndagara ndichida kushanda pakutaurirana nyaya dzezvakatipoteredza sebasa. Saka pakavhurwa chinzvimbo mukati meThe Ocean Foundation ndakaziva kuti ndiro basa rangu. Zvairema pakutanga, kuyedza kudzidza zvese nezvegungwa uye izvo The Ocean Foundation inoita. Munhu wose akanga ashanda mundima iyi kwemakore uye ndakanga ndichangotanga. Chinhu chakanaka ndechekuti munhu wese, kunyangwe avo vari kunze kweThe Ocean Foundation, vaida kugovera ruzivo rwavo uye zvakaitika. Ndakanga ndisati ndamboshanda mumunda umo mashoko aigoverwa norusununguko.

Mushure mekuverenga mabhuku, kupinda misangano nemasemina, kuona mharidzo, kutaura nenyanzvi uye kudzidza kubva kuvashandi vedu pachedu yakanga yava nguva yokuti ndidonhe nenhendeshure kubva muchikepe uye ndiwane ruzivo rwekutanga rwezvaiitika mugungwa redu. Saka parwendo rwangu rwechangobva kuitika kuPlaya Del Carmen, Mexico, ndakapedza chitupa changu chemvura yakavhurika.

Varayiridzi vangu vakaudza munhu wose kuti asabata korari uye kuti kuchengetedzwa kwaidiwa kwakawanda sei. Sezvo vakadaro Padi varairidzi vavaizivana navo Project Aware, asi vakanga vasina ruzivo rwokuzviwanira rwamamwe mapoka api naapi okuchengetedza munharaunda yavo uye muuzhinjiwo zvawo. Mushure mekunge ndatsanangura kwavari kuti ndinoshandira The Ocean Foundation, vakatonyanya kufara kundibatsira kuti ndive certification uye kuti ndishandise ruzivo rwangu kubatsira kuparadzira kuchengetedzwa kwegungwa. Kuwanda kwevanhu vanobatsira zviri nani!

Mushure mekupedza maekisesaizi ekuita diving, ndaifanira kutarisa-tarisa kune akanaka maumbirwo emakorari nehove dzakasiyana siyana dzinotuhwina. Takaona akati wandei anoona moray eels, ray uye mamwe mashrimp madiki zvakare. Takatoenda kunodhibha pamwe chete nzombe shark! Ndakanga ndakabatikana ndichiongorora nharaunda yangu itsva kuti ndinyatsoona zvinhu zvakaipa zvandaityira kuti zvaizokanganisa ruzivo rwangu kusvikira mumwe muvhimi atora bhegi repurasitiki.

Mushure mekudhivha kwedu kwekupedzisira, chitupa changu chemvura chakavhurika chaive chapera. Mudzidzisi akandibvunza pfungwa dzangu pamusoro pekuita diving uye ndakamuudza kuti ikozvino ndakanga ndine 100% yechokwadi kuti ndakanga ndiri mubasa chairo. Kuve nemukana wekuona ruoko rwekutanga zvimwe zvezvinhu zvatiri kushanda nesimba kuti tizvidzivirire (ini, TOF uye nharaunda yedu yevanopa), izvo vandinoshanda navo vanoongorora uye kurwira zvakanyanya izvo zvaikurudzira uye zvinokurudzira. Ndinovimba kuti kuburikidza nebasa rangu neThe Ocean Foundation, ndinogona kukurudzira vanhu kuti vadzidze zvakawanda nezvegungwa, nyaya dzarinotarisana nadzo uye zvatingaite, senharaunda ine hanya nezvemahombekombe negungwa, kuichengetedza.

Sezvakataurwa naSylvia Earle mune yedu Video, “Iyi ndiyo nzvimbo yakanaka munhoroondo, nzvimbo inotapira munguva. Hatina kumbobvira taziva zvatinoziva, hatizombofi takava nemukana wakanaka sewazvino wekuita chimwe chinhu nezvazvo. ”