My husband and I are obsessed with a television show called "The Deadliest Catch". The show follows several fishing boats in the Bering Sea during the snow crab season.
The conditions for this job are unbelievable. The fishermen face bone-chilling temperatures, 60-foot waves, and 24-36 hour stretches with no sleep.
Each year, the injury rate is 100% and several fishermen are guaranteed to die. If they are not washed overboard into the icy water, they are crushed by the 700 pound crab traps, or dragged to the bottom of the sea when their feet get tangled in the ropes.
All I can think when I watch the show is that someone must have to be a special kind of crazy to do this job. But every week when my husband watches it he turns to me and says "Wow! That looks amazing. I'd like to go and do that just once."
Scott? James? Rafi? Jack? Can you explain this strange male madness to me?
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Nope, I can't. But I can tell you that the sea has always called to me. I have this sneaking suspicion that I could be happy doing some similar work.
It's all about the adrenaline rush and proving how tough you are.
explain? don't think I can. But it sounds like something I would love to do, at least once to try....
hey MizEllie sup =P? Im glad you visited The Vagos and its great to think we have english-talking people coming to our blog. Well as of your question of taking aprt of the writing(or whatever)crew ....well i dont think we are accepting a lot of people from now on... In fact my partner (andres) didnt want YORYI in the team lol.... sorry...but maybe we can link? what do you say?
Jack, Okay, the allure of the sea I can at least understand. But aren't there other sea jobs (wamer, safer) that sound more appealing?
Anon - Aha! Adrenaline junkies and male machismo. Just as I suspected!
Rafi - Not you too, my normally sane friend!
Crox - hahaha! I don't think I could apply for a guest writer (although your readers might find my embarassing mistakes in Spanish funny ;-) but I definitely think you need an honorary "vaga" here in the US.
of course we need an honorary vaga lol
and i know why they do it...ive seen the show...have u ever heard what they get paid? =P!
Crox, you a right. When the fishing is good, I've heard it can be as much as $10,000 a week. But that's assuming you are alive to enjoy it...
well, i wont do it. But it sounds like a x-treme sport... :D
Is about the risk and getting alive :)
Kaos - Finally someone showing some good sense!! And I think you have come up with the answer. It's an extreme sport. As probably as close to an explanation as I will ever get.
Other jobs, you mean like Gopher on the Love Boat.
Jack - exactly! Gopher went to warm sunny climates, slept in a comfy bed night, ate 3 meals a day at the buffet, and got his share of the babes (it was the Love Boat after all.) What's not to like? ;-)
Sorry, hon. I've got no freaking clue! It sounds wacked out to me. Heh. Definitely not my cup of tea.
Scotty, we can think of better ways to torture ourselves can't we? ;-)
BTW, what were you doing up at 3:24 am??
there are all sorts of ways to torture yourself. many of them are worth trying at least once. (though not all of them!).
Sane? Of all the names I have been called, "sane" is not one of the more popular ones....
Rafi - lol! Sane is all relative isn't it?
actually, sane wouldn't describe any of rafi's relatives!!!
Shaya - LOL!
One of the main reasons I'm positive I would get along quite well with the Brothers G.
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