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What I did this week (Week 65)

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What I did this week (Week 65)

11/3/2024

Writing to you from Uruguay.

A question for you

What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve done?

Finally closed the loop on this…

At the beginning of this past summer I started the process to become an open water certified scuba diver.

If you don’t already know, the open water diver certification is the first major certification you can obtain in the world of diving. To do this I completed an online course, took a scuba class in a pool, drove to Texas to complete 3 open water dives, and then finished the final dive here in Uruguay.

Going from Colorado, to Texas, to Uruguay was certainly a bit excessive to get this certification. And, technically I don’t have the certification yet, but I should have it fairly soon.

The entire process has been interesting to say the least…

I’ll never forget when I freaked out in the pool dive when I had to take my mask off for an exercise and felt like I was drowning…Using a compass to navigate through murky Texas water to f…

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