GAVIN'S CAPER

One morning, Gavin was blindfolded, walked over to a ladder, and told to climb up. At the top was a landing, and from which he was escorted and strapped into a seat in a large tank resembling a fifty-five gallon drum as it lay on its side. The drum hung suspended high above an Olympic-sized swimming pool. He was allowed to raise the blindfold for a moment to memorize his surroundings and then had to put it back on. Then the instructor pushed a button from the platform, releasing the tank, a...