Humbled By Nature’s Grandeur

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probably the best four hours of my adolescent life. When I was out on the kayak I saw so many killer whales it was unbelievable. We were in the midst of two whale pods numbering about 90 whales. I had heard that killer whales can attack people. Surprisingly, I was not afraid except for the fact of how cold the water was. It was so cold that if our kayak capsized both my father and I would have died in about 10 to 15 minutes from exposure to the freezing water. The experience was both frightening and exhilarating. My adrenaline was rushing and my heart was pounding so loud, I could hear it above the roar of the sea.
When I was in the water, I saw killer whales doing many things such as breaching, spotting, playing and feeding. All was quite, maybe even a little too quite. Then all of a sudden, boom! A killer whale breached right in front of us. I was able to see a live killer whale in the wild that was less than five feet away from my kayak. I was almost able to touch ...

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