I’m the short guy in the middle (Fern), I think Meth and Plunk were paired up as swim buddies, because Plunk had some long legs that were (possibly) capable of keeping up with Meth. There was no way I was diving was Meth, he couldn’t run to fast, but he was like a dolphin in the water.
We were diving the Channel shown behind us, which was rather challenging due to the currents, which were never what they were supposed to be according to the Tides and Currents books. The flood and ebb was ripping at close to 1 knt at times, which totally caught us by surprise when we dove again later that night. There’s nothing like recomputing leg times and bearings while in the middle of a dive, while still trying to maintain your depth and speed. Thats where you separate the men from the amatuers- and Meth new the game well. Considering the Thai SEALs would not even dive in their own channel at night, I’d say it takes an extraordinary amount of intelligence, and composure to do the multitude of tasks required while diving at night in waters such as these.

- Fern