My wife and I went scuba diving once, we were in Cozumel at a resort and signed up for a one-day class and two dives. We were taught the basics in a pool, then later in the day we did a beach dive, then in the afternoon we took a boat to the San Francisco reef and dove down, the sea bed was about 45 feet and the water was as clear as it could be.
It was an experience I will never forget but a sinus issue prevented me from pursuing the hobby. I hope one day I can do it again albeit in shallower water. If anyone ever gets the opportunity to try scuba diving, you won't regret it.
If you think that was fantastic, just imagine the experience once you have your buoyancy control nailed.
You will be able to effortlessly hover over an abyss of hundreds of feet of water. And with clear water, that just feels almost like flying.
This 'out of this world' experience waits for almost anyone who's interested with investing the time and effort.
Some learn quickly, others take longer but there are many methods to learn optimum control and with regular skills practice, many can become proficient.
Soon after I started diving, I experienced considerable challenges with clearing my eustachion tubes and quickly learned about the many different methods to assist but sometimes it still felt impossible.
Occasionally, the sinus would also give me grief. PADI preaches to not use drugs with the justification of, you never know when the effects will wear off.
I loved being underwater and decided that idea was hogwash. After careful experimentation with various antihistamines, I found what works for me.
Now, that's a dead issue and never impacts my enjoyment of the underwater world.
And to PADI with their stern warnings, most of my dives range from 90 minutes to 2 hours with the longest being over 3 hours and my meds have never failed me.
My primary dive buddy took a bit longer to warm up to using medication but he's on board now, at least when we're Cave diving and sometimes for the larger open-water dive plans.
His sinus issue is by far the worst, it's known as reversed squeeze. Descending is usually easy for him but he often gets hits at the end of the dive while trying to ascend.
Now, he's trapped at depth until it settles but he always manages to surface with lots of extra breathing gas remaining and me at his side with lots of extra gas too.
With controlled use of the correct meds, that isn't an issue.
So, how is this Ram truck related?
I still drive my truck to the dive site.
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