When she’s not stuck at her desk,the best-selling thriller writer is a scuba diver and helicopter pilot. Being paralyzed isn’t easy, she says – but it’s funI’m always paralyzed when I learn a original sport but my number one rule in life is that I will not be ruled by awe. If I’m afraid of something Im going to figure out a way to deal with it. Since I was a puny kid I’ve loved fast, and powerful machines but the truth is I find all my hobbies – scuba diving,helicopter flying and motorcycling – nerve-racking. I’m terrified.
During my scuba diving training, the dive master made me sit on the bottom of the bay and engage my mask off, or then put it back on. I could not do it. The water went rushing up my nose,I thought I was going to drown, I started to bolt up to the surface and he grabbed my ankles to hold me down. It was just an awful experience.
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Source: theguardian.com