Never said additions to "The 5 Rules" can't be made. PSAI lists the original 3 rules that Exley put forth in the 1970's as well as the 2 attributed to Skiles in the 1980's that we know as "The 5 Rules of Accident Analysis" today. PSAI's manual and power point presentations add Jeff Bozanic's study of reasons trained cave divers die adding another 5 considerations for safer cave diving. I teach this as 5 commandments plus another 5 guidelines.
Never said that, "Don't dive alone," couldn't be Rule #6.
A class that kicks your butt and makes you realize that solo diving in a cave isn't the same as team diving in a cave might be invaluable to the person who leaves class thinking, I really don't think solo cave diving is the direction I want to go. Just as it might be invaluable to the person who discovers, "I've never thought of that ... good to know because I'm going solo." That's why I taught solo diving in the past.
PSAI doesn't condone it and I can't teach for any other organization at my level without it being a conflict of interest.
Never said that, "Don't dive alone," couldn't be Rule #6.
A class that kicks your butt and makes you realize that solo diving in a cave isn't the same as team diving in a cave might be invaluable to the person who leaves class thinking, I really don't think solo cave diving is the direction I want to go. Just as it might be invaluable to the person who discovers, "I've never thought of that ... good to know because I'm going solo." That's why I taught solo diving in the past.
PSAI doesn't condone it and I can't teach for any other organization at my level without it being a conflict of interest.