Remembering the Red Sea
My Columbian friend and fellow B&A member Simon wrote an awesome story with pics about our near-disastrous Thisslegorm dive. We almost gave the “Red Sea” a new meaning! 
Thanks Simon!
Diving death in the Red Sea
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Kentucky, USA
[...] We made way across the Caribbean and were soon on the reef, which is within eyesight of the shore. I was a little nervous assembling my equipment because of all the trouble that I had experienced while diving in Egypt, but it all came back to me and I was once again feeling like I deserved my advanced certification. Interestingly, the SVG (your dials) here are in PSI and feet, rather than BAR and meters. It looked a little strange to me, but my dive buddy gave me the correct numbers for a safe dive. When we suited up, I noticed that EVERYONE on the dive had a suit but me, including the dive master! Oh well, I always did like to be different. Next, my mask literally broke in my hand. If it had done that while I was 90 feet under water, I would have had a very unpleasant dive. They confirmed my suspicions of being a dodgy dive shop when they had no spares of anything on board. The divemaster ended up using my mask by having the boat captain tape it around his head! He gave me his mask to use. [...]