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She wasn't very experienced...something I've noticed a lot lately is that shops aren't requiring "Advanced" experience before doing advanced dives; neither are they requiring a DM escort for inexperienced divers on advanced dives.
It was pretty scary to see her rocket up--she said she felt fine, though. In fact, she came back to the safety stop, and we hung there until our tanks were almost empty.
Just last Saturday, I went out with 3 separate groups of trainees and instructors on a deep night wreck dive. Lots of people in the water-two of one group rocketed up (said they couldn't find the line) and two of another group skipped the safety stop. While me and my two students were hanging on the line, I noticed one of the other divers had blood in his mask. All that really helped solidify that safety is paramount to my two students on their first night, deep, wreck experience.
CBulla:What was her condition after that ascent? From a buddies perspective that had to be scarey to see. One can only speculate as to what might have happened had you had a problem.. seems as if she was awefully unfamiliar with her gear.
She wasn't very experienced...something I've noticed a lot lately is that shops aren't requiring "Advanced" experience before doing advanced dives; neither are they requiring a DM escort for inexperienced divers on advanced dives.
It was pretty scary to see her rocket up--she said she felt fine, though. In fact, she came back to the safety stop, and we hung there until our tanks were almost empty.
Just last Saturday, I went out with 3 separate groups of trainees and instructors on a deep night wreck dive. Lots of people in the water-two of one group rocketed up (said they couldn't find the line) and two of another group skipped the safety stop. While me and my two students were hanging on the line, I noticed one of the other divers had blood in his mask. All that really helped solidify that safety is paramount to my two students on their first night, deep, wreck experience.