Khona kanye ohlangothini olusentshonalanga ye-Cape Otway ku-Great Ocean Road, e-Victoria, ikhefu lolwandle lika-Johanna liyancenga. Kuyikhefu elijabulisayo kodwa elinamandla elinamachashaza ezixhobo ezigcina isihlabathi sisendaweni. Ama-rips anamandla azodonsa isihlabathi aphume kwezinye izindawo, enze iziteshi zokugwedla ezinhle lapho usayizi uphakama. Amagagasi angaba inselele lapha, kodwa anikeze ithuba lokubaza amandla futhi ajike amamitha angaba ngu-100. Uma uhlangothi olusempumalanga yekapa luyisicaba, u-Johanna uzobe esebenza njengoba ecosha noma yikuphi ukuvuvuka.
Yiziphi izimo ezingcono kakhulu zokuntweza ku-Johanna?
U-Johanna uthola kahle phakathi kokufika okhalweni nokukhuphuka kathathu. Ezinsukwini ezincane ulethe ibhodi elide noma inhlanzi, kodwa lapho ubukhulu buthatha ulethe i-shortboard noma isinyathelo phezulu. Leli khefu lifaneleka kakhulu kubatshuzi abaphakathi nabaphambili ngenxa yamandla amagagasi. Ukugwedla okude nokubamba phansi kuyinkomba uma iqala ukuphushela ikhanda phezulu. Cishe kuhlale kunegagasi lapha (9/10) futhi izixuku zivame ukuhlala kude (3/10). Imimoya engcono kakhulu ingaphesheya kolwandle ukusuka eNyakatho-mpumalanga. U-Johanna uhamba phambili emanzini aphansi kodwa usazosebenza emanzini aphezulu. Ithanda noma yikuphi ukuvuvukala okuvela eNingizimu, eNingizimu-ntshonalanga naseNtshonalanga.
Izinga lokushisa lamanzi liphansi kancane ngisho nasehlobo; cishe 16 degrees. I-wetsuit engu-3/2 iyadingeka. Ebusika i-4/3 iyanconywa ngezinga lokushisa lamanzi lehle libe ngu-12 degrees. Bona ishadi lezinga lokushisa elingezansi ukuze uthole imininingwane eyengeziwe.