[Sportsandrec] [No real] Dive site suggestion for Tom

[Tom Evans]

Kelly,
Nice you have some good experience.
I guess people decide to die in cold water, hunting for dead bodies not fun.
But if they die in warm, then you get some good critters like crocodiles and
sharks to meet you there.
I would not do mexico because of the instability.
I approached a few dive shops, they seemed to be confused by blindness.  I
found 2 other good ones, but transportation is the problem, since they can't
provide transportation to a place they are going to because people like to
engage in lawsuits.  Their insurance only covers if I die underwater and not
in their car.
I don't really like ocean because it sucks more air and deal with currents.
Wanna get wet some time.
I heard of some term, called SNUBA on cruise ships, where it is some group
thing, but not sure how it works.
Thanks again

-----Original Message-----
From: Sportsandrec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Kelly Thornbury
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 10:21 AM
To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] [No real] Dive site suggestion for Tom

Funny how the rescue divers never seem to get to dive warm weather sites eh?
I spent some time doing search and rescue/recovery in Switzerland of all
places; some underwater welding in the North Sea; and even a month of hull
inspections on river barges in Germany...Did you know smugglers will weld
hooks on the hulls of barges to attach contraband? There's a dive job that
sucked bad air! My only real warm water vacation diving was the Red Sea, and
the damage from the popularity of the locale was so sickening I vowed never
to spend money there again. 

Have you looked at, or considered, live aboards? There are also some
all-inclusive resorts in Mexico (Cozumel comes to mind), but there are a lot
of "less reputable" sites around these resorts, my sister had a really bad
experience with one, but she didn't know what to look for in a company. .
Sport Diver magazine recently published an article on all inclusive resorts,
and I imagine the info could be found online. 

"Nothing like getting your fix of compressed air." 
Hope the trip works out for you. 

Kelly 

On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Tom Evans wrote:

> Kelly,
> Thanks
> I am an old rescue diver from 25 years ago, never did the fun or warm 
> weather stuff.
> I have found a few dive places and people that seem to be good, but 
> then transportation getting there is prob as many buses do not go to dive
site.
> I was looking at accessible in a few ways, good dive partner that 
> understands vision loss, comfortable with dive skills and a blind guy, 
> plane that goes to a nice reputable place and hotel pick up, since we
don't drive.
> Just looking for a brush up, which I can get, but looking more for fun 
> and easy.
> Great idea on the line to be connected to another and never thought of 
> communication masks.
> That is why we have the list
> Thanks
> Tom


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