Getting to Dahab

[Blue Straggler]

Ok a bit of time to write a little more.

Unfortunately my course didn't quite go to plan because of (initially) my unexpected clumsy ineptitude in duck-diving and in getting myself vertical in the water....then once I'd just about sorted that out, I started having real difficulties equalising. I'm guessing it was just a minor infection causing a block; it got worse and worse until I was struggling even at 4m (usually I'm not even having to pinch my nose at 4m). So no AIDA 2* for me. Never mind.
It was a real joy to be out in Dahab, what a peaceful little resort, and populated by a large branch of the freedive "mafia" whilst I was out there
A great pleasure to meet (deep breath ):
Lotta, Linda, two Freds, Nathan, Hanli, Annelie, Natalie, Sophas, Andrea, Michelle, Roland, Stefan, two Peters, Soya, Elisabeth, Helen, Hank, Olga, Kosta and Jana, and of course my slightly more successful "classmates" Maurits and Waseem.

Every other aspect of my course went - wait for it - "swimmingly", I even get to feel all gnarly now cos I've already experienced a samba, er, oops. Hmm. Maybe not something to AIM for eh
And I did at least discover that I could equalise going feet first, so used a couple of training days to do some feet-first free immersion, which was very pleasurable. Obviously I didn't hit any great depths as I wasn't "pushing it" and had never really been in deep water before, but I am itching to come back for some more.....maybe in the Spring.

Hope to see some of you guys there again!

Kenny

[SpeerO]

Hey good to meet u too Kenny.. sorry u didnt get to finish what u wanted to do but hey at least u had fun doing it!

Im gonna be back there in couple days to do Umberto Pelizzaris course in sharm el sheikh... Cant wait!

Peace
Zane...