lv2dive
Formerly known as KatePNAtl
There is a large OW area and the cave entrance is all but impossible to "unwillingly fall through." There are pictures of the son in a cave on Facebook, and pictures of the father and son in doubles with a stage in Hogarthian-like setup, so it is pretty clear (to me, anyway) that they intended to go into the cave.
I feel for their family but I am truly incensed that the father had the cojones to think he should risk his own - let alone his son's - life, by going into a cave without proper training. I have friends who are full cave, hypoxic-trimix trained, who are building up to Eagle's Nest! And this guy takes his son, who isn't OW certified, into that environment!
Freedom to make stupid decisions has to stop somewhere, when children are involved. This kid didn't look like he was shaving yet.
I feel for their family but I am truly incensed that the father had the cojones to think he should risk his own - let alone his son's - life, by going into a cave without proper training. I have friends who are full cave, hypoxic-trimix trained, who are building up to Eagle's Nest! And this guy takes his son, who isn't OW certified, into that environment!
Freedom to make stupid decisions has to stop somewhere, when children are involved. This kid didn't look like he was shaving yet.
For those of us not familiar with this site at all, if an ow student fails to keep buoyancy, how easy is it for him/her to unwillingly fall through the restriction? Over here, in this part of the world, we have shore dive sites where you get into a 300ft + walls after taking just a couple of steps into the water. You don't take divers with minimal or no experience to these sites and hope they will be able to stop descent at 60 ft.
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