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Great response ... and very good suggestion.Dive-aholic:Thanks for the reply, Snowbear. For what it's worth, I think what the mods do is a tough job, but you all do a great job with it...especially considering the variety of personalities you have to deal with here on the Board. Keep it up!
Hopefully this thread will evolve into its intended focus. However, I won't be holding my breath on that.
How about this? If anyone has anything constructive to say in regards to Lynne's original question, then please post it. If not, don't post anything in this thread. If you have a problem with DIR, then go here. This is a much more appropriate place for that kind of banter.
I have to wonder about people who would feel "guilty" about diving solo. Why? It's just another way to dive ... just go at it with your eyes open. My only objection is the same one I have for any other aspect of diving ... people engaging in it without proper training, equipment, or experience. Then ... just like any other type of diving ... they're just gambling that nothing goes wrong.
Have I solo dived? Heck yeah ... and enjoyed every minute of it. That doesn't preclude the fact that I enjoy diving with a good buddy too. Depends on the type of dive, the buddy, the circumstances, and the mood. But for me, that means buddy diving most (almost all) of the time ... I'm a social person, and enjoy the social aspects of diving too much to want to spend a lot of time doing it alone. But we're all different ... and that's why conversations like this CAN BE so helpful in understanding what motivates each of us to approach it the way we do.
Why make a controversy out of ... or feel guilty about ... a recreational activity?
For those who think solo diving is dangerous ... so is any aspect of diving if you're not properly prepared for it. Try instructing ... talk about dangerous, every time I take a class of Open Water students out I get in the water assuming I am diving with a bunch of people who are actively trying to kill me ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)