04 March 2008

When Adventure Tourism Kills

Uh T, is THIS what you mean about needing a vacation?

It's unclear what Markus Groh thought when he signed up for a late February dive that could put him face-to-face with killer sharks spanning 18 feet in length without a cage to separate him from the man-eaters. But the 49-year-old attorney from Austria, died on Feb. 24 after being bitten in the leg while swimming with the sharks in the Bahamas.

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2 comments:

  1. Uh, no. I was thinking more like sun, sand, sky, plentiful, skimpy bikinis, a fruity drink in my right hand, and a book of my choosing in the other. My ass stays on the beach. I don't dive or do any of that other "adventurist" horseshit.

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  2. Great. I now have a mental image of you in a bikini. Wow.

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