After months of preparation, and a few set backs due to weather, Rowan Garel, the fearless, adventurous and blind 14 year-old has completed his third great adventure: Today, he dove the Blue Hole.
It is a feat which is difficult enough for normal divers, but due to his visual impairment, it made preparations for the dive and his training significantly more challenging.
But, he took on the challenge with determination, and he made it. We'll have an extensive look at his accomplishment on Monday's Newscast, but after he finished the dive this evening, we asked him about the experience.
Here's how he explained it:
Rowan Garel - Dove The Blue Hole
"I went to the Blue Hole first which is really amazing - I really wanted to do that. We saw turtles there which was cool - one of them passed right by me actually, a Hawksbill Turtle and I got to touch the shell and I meant it's just really amazing to be able to go in the Great Blue Hole. So much water as around me, above me, below and you just feel so insignificant in comparison to all that water and wildlife."
Daniel Ortiz
"After the months of preparation and the anticipation - was it exactly as you imagined it would go?"
Rowan Garel
"It was almost as I thought it would be - I had expected that I would feel sort of crowded because there were a lot of people down there but it wasn't like that at all."
As part of the accomplishment, Rowan is now a certified diver at the entry level. His certification was presented to him after the dive.
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