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Balogna. They're not trying to make it as safe as possible. If they were, they're wouldn't be solo divers diving without redundancy to 50 metres. Both the operation and the divers have responsibilities regarding safety. Notice that even the Dms weren't wearing twins.

I wasn't there, so I won't judge it. But the organization does not sound as if was safe. for example, no assigned buddy teams. Did the divemasers have doubles?

Are you referring to the New Jersey divers who penetrated the Spiegel Grove a few years ago? Whoever they are, I'm sorry for the loss.

Fair point, Dandy Don. Maybe it's because I'm not fortuante enough to do dives like Truk as some of you do, but I just don't recall seeing pony bottles for rent at a lot of dive operations. Bringing them on airplanes is not a realistic option. So, if they're not reliably available, can we...

I could very well be wrong, but I believe that bucear may mean SCUBA dive, not snorkeling.

Hintermann has repeatedly acknowledged that he made a mistake. He has repeatedly accepted responsibility for what happened. Frankly, he did the dive community a favor by openly posting his account here on SB. Could we please treat our fellow diver with respect. Please. I wonder if the...

Thank you for sharing your story, Hintermann. By posting your account here, you are helping other divers to dive safely. I am glad that you are okay. I suspect that your wife probably won't let you forget about this for a while. Please discount some of the impolite criticism that might get...

Personally, I think new divers can learn a lot from specialty classes, even shortclasses. I did.

Unreal. The catacombs area a scary place. I can't imagine a recreational diver even wanting to go there. ---------- Post added February 17th, 2013 at 10:03 AM ---------- What group? What kind of gear were the divers wearing? Is your statement that the divers were wearing snorkels is...

Forgive the possible ignorance of this question, please. I haven't read the DAN report. Do we know that the 144 divers would have lived if they had not run out of air? In other words, do we know that the air loss was the cause of the fatality? For example, a diver could have a heart attack...

Rkelleyj, thank you for sharing your story with SB. The Visual Inspection has been raised. Who Inspected your tank?

Benwood is shallow. I think that this may be Rainbow Reef's first fatality.

Jim, you have made this point before on this Board. I appreciate what you are saying. However, I do want to point out that it would be very understandable if new divers were to feel that they are expected to follow a dive boat's DM. Dive boats are not dcemocratic instituions. There's a...

Violindad, thank you for posting. I'm glad everything worked out okay for you and your daughter. You handled things well. Pat yourself onteh back. Hyperventilation is a scary feeling - especially if yoiu don't know what's happening. Long ago, it happened to me, and I'll never forget it...

41. Too young.

Where did this accident take place?

How old was the diver?

Chachita, thank you for your post and for your helpful advice. I am glad that your foot recovered nicely.

I am sorry to hear about your experience. Could you please confirm the statement above. That is, is it accurate to say that the victim's dive computer showed that the victim had reached a depth of 100 metres? When did this incident occur?

Shellski, Thank you for posting on this Forum. Welcome to the Dive World. I trust that you are still asymptomatic at this time. As other posters ahve said, you're probably going to be fine. However, I don't know what your dive profiels were like. Mistakes happen in diving. You have...