I was going to create a new thread as I had several questions, but being as this one is so fresh and on topic I suppose I will ask here.
I am planning on diving the blue hole here soon. I will be driving there from Phoenix, taking the I-17 to I-40 route. My "weekend" is Friday and Saturday as of right now. I have family in Albuquerque so I was planning to drive out after work on a Thursday, spend the night in Albuquerque, wake up Friday morning, drive over to Santa Rosa, dive Friday and either drive back to Albuquerque and spend another night on Friday or possibly drive all the way back to Phoenix.
The highest altitude I have ever dived is about 900 feet at Lake Pleasant north of Phoenix and I have never flown right after diving, can some one give me a basic run down of what I should do or account for? I saw here that by going back to Albuquerque I will be hitting 7,000ish feet in Clines Corners and the Sandias. Should our safety stops be deeper? Longer? I will admit most of our diving has been off of computers so I'm not super familiar with analogue dive tables but I understand the principles of how they work.
Also, is it a bad idea to take filled cylinders to altitude with me from Phoenix? I saw there is a dive shop there but that it is only open on the weekends or by appointment. How hard is it to get an appointment? Does anyone know how much they charge for cylinder rentals and air fills?
Thanks a bunch!