For once, I agree with Walter.
Solo diving is -solo- - you need to be ready to solve anything that goes wrong. A large part of being ready to do this means knowing what can go wrong and how to handle it. It also means assuming a greater level of risk.
If you have to ask, it means that you are not fully aware of what the potential risks are, or lack confidence in your knowledge/awareness. To me, that means that you are not ready to assume this increased level of risk, and also - albeit to a lesser extent - you may not be ready to handle anything that goes wrong.
If you have enough experience, you will not need to ask. Period.
This guideline may end up excluding some people who *are* ready to solo dive, but that is better than the converse - a guideline that doesnt exclude people who are not ready to dive.
Pretty analogies mean nothing.
Vandit
Solo diving is -solo- - you need to be ready to solve anything that goes wrong. A large part of being ready to do this means knowing what can go wrong and how to handle it. It also means assuming a greater level of risk.
If you have to ask, it means that you are not fully aware of what the potential risks are, or lack confidence in your knowledge/awareness. To me, that means that you are not ready to assume this increased level of risk, and also - albeit to a lesser extent - you may not be ready to handle anything that goes wrong.
If you have enough experience, you will not need to ask. Period.
This guideline may end up excluding some people who *are* ready to solo dive, but that is better than the converse - a guideline that doesnt exclude people who are not ready to dive.
Pretty analogies mean nothing.
Vandit