There I was, face to face with the largest wave ever seen by man...

Well, actually, it was only a four-footer. But my leash got wrapped around a coral head, and for a moment I thought I was going to drown. Did I think of my wife and kids? No, I thought of ULYSSES. I would never get a chance to finish it. The thought of that galvanized me, and with strength I never thought I had I yanked on my polyurathane leash and snapped it.