Shark Attacks Swimmer - GETS HELP FROM AN UNEXPECTED CREATURE

swimming is a relaxing activity for most but Adam Walker wasn't like everybody else the young man spent most of his life as a sportsman swimming in open Waters as his favorite way to push himself before we continue please take some time to subscribe to daily dose like and share this video with your friends and while the experienced swimmer had taken on many challenges he had never had to fight for his life or get help from a school of dolphins on one of his swims but when he took a closer look he discovered the real danger right underneath him growing up in Nottingham UK Adam Walker always relished sports during his teen years he excelled as a rugby and Cricket player in school and loved playing alongside his older brother while Adam showed all the signs of becoming a professional athlete his career was unfortunately cut short due to back and knee injuries he was advised to take it easy with swimming the only endurance activity he was allowed to do Adam started swimming as a way to keep his body and mind healthy but soon realized his love for the sport and began to swim competitively this simple decision led him down a life full of wild adventures one which ended up making him famous by the time Adam Walker left University he had been swimming for decades but only did it for fun he embarked on a career in sales and landed a good title as a national salesman but he felt as if something was missing from his life he found out exactly what it was by complete coincidence Walker was on a plane to Australia for a family holiday in 2006 when he decided to watch an inflight movie called on a clear day you can see forever the film was about a man who chose to swim the English Channel after losing his job while Walker was still happily employed the premise inspired him to make his own life-changing decision Adam was going to swim the English Channel and before he could talk himself out of it he marked a date on his calendar and began training as soon as he landed as we mentioned Walker had only swam for fun since he started his sales career after that his life was work eat sleep and repeat but with his new goal things began to shift very quickly Adam spent all his free time testing his physical and mental limits to prepare himself for one of the most difficult challenges of swimming in the world the English Channel and despite his lack of experience the young man was determined and ready for the challenge and on July 14th 2008 Walker conquered the English Channel it was his first taste of Open Water swimming and to say it was hard would be an understatement Adam described the conditions as swimming in a washing machine but despite all that he was in love Adam loved the challenge and finally felt accomplished in his life and soon after started planning his next mission on July 5th 2011 he took on the straight of jalter making him the first British person to achieve the crossing the more experienced Adam became the more he desired to take on longer and more challenging swims and when he heard of a new long-distance swimming Marathon called ocean 7 he was immediately intrigued the premise was to complete seven of the most challenging swims in the world Adam had already gotten two on the list the English Channel in straight of jalter so he swam through the mikai straight in Hawaii Catalina channel in California tsugaru Strait in Japan and the north Channel between great Britain and Ireland Adam is the only British person amongst 10 other swimmers to have completed the challenge it is clear that Adam loved pushing his body to the limits but this came with its own set of problems during his English Channel swim Walker ruptured a bicep tendon but despite being injured and advised to stop he decided to Soldier on unfortunately this caused permanent damage despite having to undergo three operations to reattach the fibers to the tendon the doctors ordered Walker never to swim again or he would risk irreparably damaging his arm of course Walker didn't listen to any medical advice and went on to swim for 17 hours and 2 minutes straight in the mikai straight this is also where he encountered his first wild marine life a frightening looking and hazardous jellyfish Portuguese man of wall a Portuguese man of war is as venomous as a cobra snake and the sting can cause severe damage I had to pull tentacles off my stomach I lost feeling in my spine and I thought I'd been paralyzed I had to go through 3 and 1/2 hours of Agony to complete the swim Walker said thankfully Adam was able to get treated as soon as he reached Shore and after a few days started planning his next adventure on April 22nd 2014 Adam Walker chose to take on swimming in the cook straight one of the world's most dangerous and unpredictable Waters situated between the North and South islands of New Zealand the straight connects the tasmin Sea to the South Pacific ocean while many would have been left unnerved Adam was motivated and excited he was confident that he could finish the swim and even had a GPS tracker so people watched his progress but as soon as Adam got into the water something felt wrong he spent the first hour battling his mind and by hour two he even considered quitting if it hadn't been for his coach Scott who was keeping an eye on Adam from a nearby boat he indeed would have Scott gave adam a pep talk and a drink and told told him to push through no matter what and by the time he went back into the water the young swimmer was clear-headed and ready to fight about 3 hours into the swim though life threw another challenge at Adam he had found his rhythm and hadn't felt the need to make a pit stop every hour or so he had also settled his stomach and focused his mind that is before he saw a fin surge right past him for a second he had thought he had imagined it all but suddenly underneath the water he felt something bump his feet Adam immediately looked down and was left dumbfounded a school of dolphins surrounded Adam Walker he had swam countless times in open water but had never experienced anything like this the Dolphins known to be social looked to be circling him he could hardly believe what was happening thankfully the Dolphins were utterly harmless but little did he know that something else close to him was the exact opposite in fact the Dolphins had sensed the presence of this creature before Adam The Young swimmer was in High Spirits and clueless about what was actually going on he spent the next 15 minutes marveling at the Dolphins until he looked down again and saw something significant lurking stealthily Underneath Him Walker's worst fears had turned into a reality a giant shark was uncomfortably close to Adam he had been trained on what to do in such a situation but all thought left his body and he began to panic this only seemed to make the shark more interested in Adam the swimmer had no idea what to do should he swim back to the boat should he stop a million things things were going through his head but before he could do anything he noticed that the Dolphins had inched themselves even closer to Adam it looked like they sensed the danger and were trying to protect him from the shark this bizarre yet heartwarming scenario allowed Adam the space to think and calm himself down Adam knew that if he told Phil about the shark he'd be forced to get back onto the boat and waste precious time and energy and dealing with the marine life was part of the challenge of being an Open Water swimmer so the young man focused on his training and the Finish Line it looked like the presence of the Dolphins was keeping the shark at Bay and all Adam could do now was swim and with each stroke Adam tried to forget the ominous silhouette of the shark underneath him this wasn't the first time Walker had encountered sharks so he knew the best tactic which was to pretend as if it was not there so Adam did precisely that he focused on reaching the end of the swim and tried his best not to look down he had assumed that the Dolphins would not follow him as soon soon as he started swimming but miraculously they continued their vigil around Adam of course the young athlete found their company reassuring after swimming for some time now with the dolphins still around him and Adam's nerves calmed the young swimmer decided to look down to see if the looming shark was still watching him thankfully though Adam saw nothing but water Underneath Him it looked like the shark had lost interest in him and while logic would say that it was his training that allowed for that he was sure that the Dolphin's presence had protected him and just as Adam realized that the shark was gone so did the Dolphins after swimming with him for 90 minutes they left him just as swiftly as they had come and with their departure Adam felt a bit sentimental but with the finish line so close there was no time for that Adam decided to dedicate this swim to the Dolphins and use them as motivation to push himself through the final and most grueling stretch and of course like all his other swims he finished and later recalled it as one of the happiest moments in his life