I just got back from a Red Sea trip and tour of the Nile from Alexandria to the Sudan border, I never felt any danger and the people of Egypt were warm and welcoming. I would not be worried about going if I were you.
I am 59, I started diving when I was 12, and dove for 30 years with no certifications. Just vacation and family trips. I got certified about 12 years ago, and now I am TDI tech diver and GUE fundies
I recently trained on the Hydro Atlantic on Pompano Beach, where we used a negative entry. We were diving with double steel tanks plus a deco aluminum 80. This entry requires negative buoyancy and immediate descent to the wreck. My computer recorded a descent rate of 108 feet per minute, I feel...
here is the 4th element undergarment layering guide, I learned a lot from it. I like the 4th element undergarments.
for cold water i use J2 wicking layer> Therma-john thermal underwear,> 4th element artic onesie
medium cold - J2>artic
warm water - J2> old worn out DUI artic onesie
my old DUI...
I always wear a wet suit for protection from the bites and sting of the ocean things and just because even in 80-degree water, after several dives I can start to get cold, and that can make it easier to get DCS
I have an instructor who is a dry suit specialist, he has us do an exercise every time we get in the water with a dry suit. we lay flat and inflate the suit until we are "Michelin man" then wriggle around to get the suit to be flat and well-fitting, then de flate. this may help? let me know
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