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Englishman Gary Hunt wins Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2012 It was the red-hot final that everybody expected and it was a battle until the very last dive. Leading the standings going into the final round, Orlando Duque, of Colombia, had the honour of taking the season’s last plunge at Wadi Shab, in the Sultanate of Oman. The Brit had just set the day’s high score of 173.25 points and the pressure was on the Colombian. As soon as he had hit the water it was clear that the higher degree of difficulty had paid off for Gary Hunt, as the judges awarded the same number of points to the two contenders, crowning Gary Hunt with the World Series championship title for the third time. 5000 enthusiastic spectators witnessed the most thrilling final showdown and the first ever cliff diving competition on Arabian soil in the presence of His Highness Sayyed Tareq bin Shabib Al Said. In seven stops across Europe, North America and the Middle East in the last 14 weeks the cliff diving elite was put to the test, awarding only the top-five divers from 27 metres with a ticket for the 2013 season
The cliff diving decider close to the small village of Niyabat Tiwi in Oman will be a hot one in more than one way: the Arabic summer is still in full swing and awaits the world’s cliff diving elite with temperatures of up to 45° Celsius, with the battle for the most prestigious title in this sport closer than it’s ever been with only one competition to go. American Steven LoBue and defending World Series champion Gary Hunt, from England, both have to win the seventh and final stop on the Arabian peninsula to take the title of World Series champion for 2012. Any other result will see nine-time world champion Orlando Duque (COL) awarded the title for the second time after 2009. © Red Bull Media House
“Stinky”, the Cayman loner Dolphin – our encounter:
“Stinky” is the poorly chosen name people in the Cayman Islands gave to the loner Dolphin which cruises “our” waters here since four years. He was expelled from his pod, maybe because of bad behavior…. who can tell.
There have been many encounters over the years but the encounters seem to become more and more aggressive. This is probably because the Dolphin is now sexually mature and at the height of his “potential”. But, being a loner Dolphin, he has no mate to court (there aren’t many Dolphins in “our” waters).Â
So he is becoming a sexually frustrated young male Dolphin. This makes it a bad idea to actively seek contact with him because he could use you as a mate (Dolphins are known for such behavior). Dolphins are also know to rape other Dolphin (males/females) and humans.