Re: (TFT) Dug this out of my closet ...

[Dan Tulloh <dwtulloh@zianet.com>]

DMG.

>   Well right next to a typical blow hole there was a really large one, 
>about 4 meters across.  The water didn't spray out of it so much as it 
>welled up and washed over the adjacent rocks which were very smooth a
>slick from years of this action.
>   The locals would get in this hole and ride the wave.  It was quite a 
>thrill I must say.  As the water pulled back to join the next incomming 
>wave, everyone (8-10 people) would be lowered to a sandy bottom.  There
>we were standing in the botom of a circular stone pit about 3 meters deep.
 >In front of us was the arch, through wich we could see the wave comming
>down the channel and gaining force as it compressed.
>   My first thought was that this wave was going to smash me into the back 
>of the pit, but the water is moving fast enough to fill the pit before
>that and all the force is transfered upwards.  We would be pushed up like
>ICBMs being launched from a sub.  Then we would be washed out onto the
>slick rocks gigling like children.

Sounds like a ton of fun!  :)

Dan
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