Legendary female freedivers, udon, sushi, and national parks are highlighted on this one. I was the underwater cameraman hanging on by a string of a seaweed.

Snot nosed with heavy breaths, I hung on the side of the boat and meditated on what just happened. A year ago, I began a quest with expectations on how it would change my life. I could not swim. Yet the journey, the challenge of learning how to swim put me on a path I could not have imagined.