We never get to know what lies ahead of us most times until too late. It's the same with riding.
I love your travel captures. I've missed them for quite sometime (I took a break).
About diving.
I'm meeting a Navy SEAL recruiter later this year. Although diving (swimming in the general sense) has never been my thing, it's time I got past it cause the path I've chosen requires much of it. I get cold easily under water or if I come out of it for a short time, it's something I'm trying to train away and I hope when I begin swimming in frozen waters it'll pass. I hope to become a master diver and rescue swimmer someday.