Lets see what happens with this statement

[MXGratefulDiver]

This is not my statement but I will give credit where credit is due shortly. Just looking for your reactions. It could cover several areas.

... etc ...

OK ... it's been 5 days, 80 replies, and several tangents ...

Can we get the "credit" now ???

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[JeffG]

OK ... it's been 5 days, 80 replies, and several tangents ...

Can we get the "credit" now ???

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

LOL

 

[JeffG]

If you can not help yourself, how can you possibly help anyone else. To think you can is crap.

I agree, but that doesn't mean your have to bring two of everything including the kitchen sink.

And it doesn't mean that the team cannot share resources.

And it doesn't mean you have to be a solo diver that happens to be in a buddy pair for the day.

 

[Gary D.]

OK ... it's been 5 days, 80 replies, and several tangents ...

Can we get the "credit" now ???

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

OK, if you insist.

It is from the "Encyclopedia of Underwater Investigations", Chapter 7 ""Scuba Fatality Accident Investigation", page 97.

Author: The late Cpl. Robert G. (Bob) Teather C.V. of the RCMP.

The course is offered through Dive Rescue International.

Made for an interesting topic while it lasted.

Gary D.

 

[Rec Diver]

I agree, but that doesn't mean your have to bring two of everything including the kitchen sink.

And it doesn't mean that the team cannot share resources.

And it doesn't mean you have to be a solo diver that happens to be in a buddy pair for the day.

You are correct. We take two of what we need and nothing of what we do not. Since we do not need the kitchen sink it stays on the boat. It does not mean that we can not share resources. It only means that we do not "have" to share resources. It doesn't mean that you have to dive solo at all. It does however mean that we "don't come unglued" when we are seperated. We know from our training and experience that if we have to we can deal with problems on our own.

Jeff you are worrying me by agreeing. Could it be that you are really a closet solo diver?

Solo divers do not have to dive alone. Solo divers understand, as for the ones I know and myself, what there limitations are and then dive within those limitations. These, myself included, are not bad guys or girls, we are just divers enjoying the underwater world with as minimal amout of fuss as possible.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

OK, if you insist.

It is from the "Encyclopedia of Underwater Investigations", Chapter 7 ""Scuba Fatality Accident Investigation", page 97.

Author: The late Cpl. Robert G. (Bob) Teather C.V. of the RCMP.

The course is offered through Dive Rescue International.

Made for an interesting topic while it lasted.

Gary D.

Hmmm ... and to bring the conversation full-circle, here's what he said again ...

The comment that "They were there when I last looked", indicates that buddy
contact was not a constant condition of the dive. To be effective buddy
contact between two divers must be a continuous, ongoing condition of the
dive. Buddy contact that is "checked" every few minutes is, at best, poor.
Unfortunately, this interrupted and non-continuous method of "buddy-diving"
is more common than many divers would like to admit. It is difficult to
criticize the survivor of poor diving practices in cases such as this
because his position is one of "a lost friend". This less-than-optimum
buddy-system is an error of omission which is common among most sport
divers. In short, "human error" is probably more to blame than negligence.

Obviously a shill for the DIR crowd ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[matt_unique]

Hmmm ... and to bring the conversation full-circle, here's what he said again ...



Obviously a shill for the DIR crowd ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Ha ha ha, hey what can I say, the quote looked suspicious to me. I guess my "DIRDAR" (DIR Radar) was faulty this time. It was like the McCarthy hearings...... cangry: :bigun2:

--Matt

 

[Uncle Pug]

OK, if you insist.

It is from the "Encyclopedia of Underwater Investigations", Chapter 7 ""Scuba Fatality Accident Investigation", page 97.

Author: The late Cpl. Robert G. (Bob) Teather C.V. of the RCMP.

The course is offered through Dive Rescue International.

Made for an interesting topic while it lasted.

Gary D.

Hey, I've got that book! But then I also have a cert from Dive Rescue International (shirt, cap and patch too. )

Hey.... I just realized that DRI is DIR... just spelled differently!

Suspicions confirmed... it is a communist plot!