Also the enthusiastic scuba diver Jürgen Kuhlmey participated. Mike, owner of Scuba College Nuweiba informed about diving specials in Nuweiba, which consists of an amazing landscape with impressive corral reefs and a huge fish variety. Beside large Morray Eels and occasionally octopusses  the lightyellow Frogfish as a special kind of nature impressed particularly. Jürgen also dived in Dahab, Sharm el Sheik, Hurgada and Safagar, however Nuweiba is very special by its astonishing different structure and lots of frog fish, catching its food by a driven out fishing rod.

One day pror the start of the marathon it went to St. Cathrin Monastery, lain in 1.500 m.  During the briefing the running distance  and the special difficulties on altitude was referred. on 31.12.2008, 9 o'clock In the morning the marathon with many Egyptian and foreign runners, the USA, Canada, Sweden, Italy and Germany  startet, accompanied by Egyptian artists giving a multicolored touch to the start. Winner became Mark of Gebhard with an excellent time at a value of 2:53: 20. First woman became Christine Feger with a time of 3:58: 35. The last runner finally arrived after 7 hours, an excellent achievement for 42,2 km at a value of 1.500 M. A highlight of the meeting was the invitation of Pater Constantin to a personal guidance to the world-historical treasures of the monastery. Altogether a well organized and successful meeting, which is to be repeated in the coming year.