dumpsterDiver
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I personally think that the 20 dive/50% fatality statistic is a very crude metric and in and of itself, it has limited value.
However, when I taught diving, I used to tell my students that their first dives (even the training ones under my instruction) were statistically much more dangerous than ones they would be making in a year or two after they had completed a few courses and had been diving a while.
I did my best to make them be careful and to also recognize the benefit of additional supervised training dives or at least joining a dive club or somehow find experienced buddies who will get them through the first few dozen dives.
However, when I taught diving, I used to tell my students that their first dives (even the training ones under my instruction) were statistically much more dangerous than ones they would be making in a year or two after they had completed a few courses and had been diving a while.
I did my best to make them be careful and to also recognize the benefit of additional supervised training dives or at least joining a dive club or somehow find experienced buddies who will get them through the first few dozen dives.