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Kate Hamsikova is a freediver and swimming instructor whose connection with the sea grew, thanks to a solitary local dolphin. Over 15 years she has become an experienced freediver, diving in many of the world’s great oceans and sharing her passion for the sea with others.
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00:04So my name is Kate Hamšíková and I'm living in west of Ireland and I'm baby and toddler swimming
00:12instructor and freediver. I love the ocean when it's calm and you can freedive you can see
00:18everything but on the other side I love it when you see the huge waves the wind the tides because
00:25you're actually finding out how small you are and how powerful the ocean is. So Dusty is a wild dolphin
00:35but she's living alone she chooses to be alone she doesn't have any family and we've been swimming
00:43with her 15 years. When I came to Ireland I was the really greatest swimmer and Dusty and the sea
00:50the connection it was very powerful and challenging for me because I wouldn't be the happiest swimmer
00:58and with her I actually started to work on myself quite a lot you can do much more things than
01:04you
01:05think you can hold the breath for much longer than you think you can dive much deeper so for me
01:11the
01:11ocean is the best teacher in self-knowledge to find out who I actually am and what I'm able to
01:19do
01:20because many times in the winter we're swimming and as you see the waves bringing so much rubbish
01:26and the funniest thing is that many times we went swimming with Dusty and we jumped into the water
01:31and the first thing what she did she brought a plastic bag on her nose and she came to us
01:37and she
01:37gave it to us and we're cleaning the bay like that for at least an hour. It was amazing to
01:43see how
01:45we think the animals don't care but the animals are very cautious about it.
01:52I think the most powerful thing was when Natalie saw a video of a turtle and they were pulling out
01:59from her nose straw and Natalie since that she she doesn't like to use straws she's very cautious
02:07about plastic so I think it's important to show kids what is happening because they will protect it.
02:20I think with the sea the most important thing is that the people going into it and enjoy it you
02:27know surf free dive because those people who are love it they always protect it.
02:32so
02:44you
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