Diving Accident

This is what happens when a fisherman cuts his line leaving a 2mm stainless steel hook tangled around a mooring line. As we made our descent the swell caught the boat, lifting it and the mooring line and pushing this thing into my hand. I couldn't pull it out as it has a nice big barb on the end and I couldn't push it through due to my finger bone being in the way. A three hour wait at the casualty department followed by a local anaesthetic, some tugging by a very overworked doctor, a few nasty tearing noises and it's all fixed. Which means I am now able to give the universal dive signal for "I do not require assistance" like Tash here (one of my students).