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Rubis · 8th January 2007, 21:58

Quote: (Originally Posted by tbutler)

Hi all! Most of you know me as Rod Davie's niece

thanks once again to everyone for everything when he passed.
I do have a question...I saw on the news today that there are 3 divers missing in the Red Sea off of Marsa Alam where Rob died...the report went on to say that deaths in the Red Sea were uncommen. Thats not exactly what we were lead to believe by the Cairo Consulet. Does anyone really know about the safety in that area? I'm just curious...thanks!

Forgive my ignorance as I am not a diver

Hello,

I have seen your post and I remember you from when your uncle passed away. We had some correpondance with Rob back in 2004 and we shared a passion for the Little Prince and its author.
Anyways, this is my first post (I don't use a Rebreather -YET-).

I dove Elphinstone a couple of times, the site were the divers went missing.
The first time I almost got myself killed (out of my own stupidity).
The conditions can be really bad, the waves can be huge and the currents ripping. It's not a dive site to be taken lightly.
But I did not get killed that day partly because we had a great, old, skilled captain and because the crew did everything they could to make our dives safe. We dove a couple of other sites on that safari with less than ideal conditions but everything went smoothly.

I have been talking to a friend who spent a couple of years in Egypt as a scuba diving instructor and he was commenting that maybe lately the crew were not as skilled as they used to be, maybe this could explain some of the latest issues ...

OK back to lurking mode

8th January 2007, 21:58	#31 (permalink)
Rubis New Member Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Broadway, North Carolina Posts: 65	Re: Diving deaths in The Red Sea? Quote: (Originally Posted by tbutler) Hi all! Most of you know me as Rod Davie's niece thanks once again to everyone for everything when he passed. I do have a question...I saw on the news today that there are 3 divers missing in the Red Sea off of Marsa Alam where Rob died...the report went on to say that deaths in the Red Sea were uncommen. Thats not exactly what we were lead to believe by the Cairo Consulet. Does anyone really know about the safety in that area? I'm just curious...thanks! Forgive my ignorance as I am not a diver Hello, I have seen your post and I remember you from when your uncle passed away. We had some correpondance with Rob back in 2004 and we shared a passion for the Little Prince and its author. Anyways, this is my first post (I don't use a Rebreather -YET-). I dove Elphinstone a couple of times, the site were the divers went missing. The first time I almost got myself killed (out of my own stupidity). The conditions can be really bad, the waves can be huge and the currents ripping. It's not a dive site to be taken lightly. But I did not get killed that day partly because we had a great, old, skilled captain and because the crew did everything they could to make our dives safe. We dove a couple of other sites on that safari with less than ideal conditions but everything went smoothly. I have been talking to a friend who spent a couple of years in Egypt as a scuba diving instructor and he was commenting that maybe lately the crew were not as skilled as they used to be, maybe this could explain some of the latest issues ... OK back to lurking mode Last edited by Rubis : 8th January 2007 at 22:05.
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