VooDooGasMan
Contributor
Many Divers have died lately, not just looking on SB but other resources also. Yet right now some are thinking that gas managemnt is a good start when they see the cause of a fatality. Now some are strong in there beliefs on how one should dive. There are many things that are misinformed in diving, and to learn all in the diving that you do, is to never go beyond what you have learned. So how do you go forward in the quest of diving, research and back to basics then advance to your next goal.
Most often at the boat launch I am asked, how long can I stay down on a tank of air? I start going on about it and they just want to know how many minutes, very few are interested in depth and how physical the dive is. These are the same kinda people that decide to get scuba certified.
A few years back a doctor here in washington died from not turning his tank on, there for he more than likely never checked his tankfill when setting up his scuba kit. Here we dive with alot of weight, so properly weighting your self is key. He was found under his boat.
Then another diver from far away was in the san juans diving on charter and ran out of air, when buddy came up, his wife, they waited for him to finish his dive. His bubbles left the area and well he left the world. The charter said that often divers here in the northwest finish there dive alone! There response when asked by coast guard. Yes a few more acts like this and they went out of the scuba charter practice.
Ok now this one is astounding Shari Booth was on a advanced diving course with a walla walla group, from the west side of washinton state. 11 other dive students were in this course, her dive buddy tapped her leg and motioned she was going to the surface, vis was good and the buddy looked down and said she looked ok at 20' deeper, but was'nt sure if she was at 50' or 30'. The buddy boarded on the boat they watched her bubbles and then after a bit a bunch of bubbles poured to the surface then nothing. Search attempts were made she was never found.
I have searched the area for her in the past yet I do not know the exact spot, if she was neutrally bouyant she could travel back and forth with the tides.
The yukon death is a recent death with divers pointing to whos the one to error, diver or charter. There is so much to diving that can go wrong in a second and yet so many divers keep going down!
Will every one on earth that decides to go diving practice basic skills, or be alert of the dive surroundings there going to be in?
Will we ever know how to stop ourselves from making a mistake before we decend or ascend?
My ultimate goal is to make it to the surface after a dive, cause you can always go on another dive.
Happy Diving
Most often at the boat launch I am asked, how long can I stay down on a tank of air? I start going on about it and they just want to know how many minutes, very few are interested in depth and how physical the dive is. These are the same kinda people that decide to get scuba certified.
A few years back a doctor here in washington died from not turning his tank on, there for he more than likely never checked his tankfill when setting up his scuba kit. Here we dive with alot of weight, so properly weighting your self is key. He was found under his boat.
Then another diver from far away was in the san juans diving on charter and ran out of air, when buddy came up, his wife, they waited for him to finish his dive. His bubbles left the area and well he left the world. The charter said that often divers here in the northwest finish there dive alone! There response when asked by coast guard. Yes a few more acts like this and they went out of the scuba charter practice.
Ok now this one is astounding Shari Booth was on a advanced diving course with a walla walla group, from the west side of washinton state. 11 other dive students were in this course, her dive buddy tapped her leg and motioned she was going to the surface, vis was good and the buddy looked down and said she looked ok at 20' deeper, but was'nt sure if she was at 50' or 30'. The buddy boarded on the boat they watched her bubbles and then after a bit a bunch of bubbles poured to the surface then nothing. Search attempts were made she was never found.
I have searched the area for her in the past yet I do not know the exact spot, if she was neutrally bouyant she could travel back and forth with the tides.
The yukon death is a recent death with divers pointing to whos the one to error, diver or charter. There is so much to diving that can go wrong in a second and yet so many divers keep going down!
Will every one on earth that decides to go diving practice basic skills, or be alert of the dive surroundings there going to be in?
Will we ever know how to stop ourselves from making a mistake before we decend or ascend?
My ultimate goal is to make it to the surface after a dive, cause you can always go on another dive.
Happy Diving