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SCUBA DIVING
On our engagement cruise to Mexico, Heather and I went SNUBA Diving, which is a combination of Snorkeling and SCUBA diving. It's actually breathing through a SCUBA regulator and a SCUBA tank, but instead of having the tank on your back, it's on a small raft that you are tethered to via the air hose. Therefore, you lack the freedom of movement and depth that you have with true SCUBA but it is still a good way to get introduced to the sport. Sufficed to say, Heather and I really enjoyed the SNUBA, so much so that we completely forgot about our sun burns for a while. There were 7 people in our SCUBA class- all great people. There was a decent amount of classroom / book work, and of course a lot of time in the pool as well, at the local YMCA. We learned all kinds of skills, from assembling the SCUBA equipment, to what to check for, to how to put it on and how to use everything, and skills such as clearing your mask underwater, sharing air, emergency ascents, etc. I was the only one in our class who got a perfect score on the written test (yay!). |
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