You looked down. The descending rope disappeared into the murky bottom. You know at the end of the rope is your objective. That objective is the special 20m mark. You know you are comfortable at 5m. You remember the struggling at 10m. You remember the visit from dread. You know that you have to get acquainted with that regular visitor. You wonder how powerful dread will get as you envisioned your descent. You are not sure if you are ready. You breathe the way you were taught to prepare. You know that should slow your heart rate down. But nervousness and excitement came disturbing. You try to block the disturbers from your reality. You focused back on your breathing. You take that one big breath and approached that rope. And off you go. One hand over the other as you pulled yourself downwards. You see the first marker - 5m. A soft knock on the door from dread. Trust the training, you tell yourself. Trust your body, you taught yourself. 10m. The familiar knocks are louder now. Trust the training. One hand over the other. You have been told free fall begins past 10m. You loosen your grip. You let go one hand. Your body is compacted. The rope slithered fast through your palm. 15m. Air is getting precious. The knocking of dread are getting deafening. But the mask is squeezing in as air in your face compresses. You breathed out a little air into your mask to ease the increasing pressure. 18m. You see the last marker - That weight that was hanging on the rope. You tightened your grip to stop your free fall. 20m. You did it. You look up. The rope disappeared into the murky. Upwards. You start finning. Powering yourself upwards. Pressure starts easing. The missing air in your lungs sneaked back. Fin. Calmly you fin. The trip up is long. Light is getting brighter. Surface! Breathe! Purge! Breathe and Purge! Your body recovers quickly. The realization sinks in. 20m. You did it. I did it - 20.2m.
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