Maxime, a 31-year-old native of Namur, attacked by a shark during his vacation in the Galapagos: "He bit me and left, he certainly didn't like the taste"
Employed at the Tihange nuclear power station, the Namur resident Maxime Urvois (31) is a backpacker. He travels the world with his backpack. In recent months, he visited Central America and wanted to discover the Galapagos Islands and their exceptional marine reserve in early July. While diving among sea lions, he was bitten in the leg by a shark. He comes out with a scar of eight inches.
At the beginning of May, Maxime Urvois, in charge of radiation protection at the Tihange nuclear power plant, flew to Mexico for a three-month journey . “I had not yet visited Central America. I love to travel, mostly alone. I often decide at the last minute, I grab my backpack and off I go. "
An experienced certified diver up to 30 meters, Maxime took part in an organized excursion aboard a boat, but all did not go as planned .
Maxime Urvois was taking part in an organised excursion aboard a boat The
morning dive was uneventful. He was snorkeling in the afternoon when a shark made a
single bite. He is not traumatized or angry: "I'm not angry at anyone. That's just bad luck.
The club owners never saw that in 18 years. They were very kind to me, paying all the
medecine and bringing me food. For me it's like a dog's bite. Period. I'm not disgusted with
diving, to the contrary ! I'm angry that I wasn't able to dive with hammerhead, so I have to go
back
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