You probably aren't going to get invited on a GUE Seattle charter then, problem solved for everyone.Whenever on a boat where my option is to dive solo or with unknown players.
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You probably aren't going to get invited on a GUE Seattle charter then, problem solved for everyone.Whenever on a boat where my option is to dive solo or with unknown players.
Generally, every dive is a solo dive whether or not you’re diving with others.What situation do you feel it’s safer to dive solo?
So if you were diving with your other half (...don't know your domestic situation, but take it as an example) and they had a problem, you'd ignore them because you were both diving solo?Generally, every dive is a solo dive whether or not you’re diving with others.
How droll.So if you were diving with your other half (...don't know your domestic situation, but take it as an example) and they had a problem, you'd ignore them because you were both diving solo?
Nothing droll about it, it's a serious question. You'd tell your other half to bring a personal divemaster because you aren't going to allow them to rely on you for any help?How droll.
How about they don't need to be bothered to rescue "me" because I'm diving with a self-sufficient solo attitude with the right kit and sufficient bailout to not need their help should there be problems?
Or starting the dive with an honest discussion that they need to be able to rescue themselves and not get into a problem rather than relying on their "buddy" for help? They can bring their personal divemaster for that.
But in more challenging dives, "solo" is saying that they're all competent in the art of not getting into a mess and being competent about getting out of it alone. And then you've a team of competent people who can dive together without relying on each other but who can help in extremis.
I value every dive and don’t do unpaid DiveMaster — haven’t many years left to dive. Happy to dive with others but not novices nor needy people, unless I choose to of course.Nothing droll about it, it's a serious question. You'd tell your other half to bring a personal divemaster because you aren't going to allow them to rely on you for any help?
Of course you want to dive with competent people, and of course you can get yourself out of trouble if you need to. You seem to confuse "functioning as a team" with "needing a team as a crutch".
And as soon as you say "who can help in extremis", then you are in fact diving in a team, you just have a different boundary on where you might bother to assist.
I think a better way of describing it is: Generally, every dive I do is a self reliant dive whether or not I'am diving with others.But I think in that case you mean "Generally, every dive I do is a solo dive whether or not I'm diving with others"
they also have another brain
This is self-reliance, not solo diving. Solo means "without a buddy," not self-reliant.How about they don't need to be bothered to rescue "me" because I'm diving with a self-sufficient solo attitude with the right kit and sufficient bailout to not need their help should there be problems?