On my last dive to 400 Ft...

[Jamdiver]

whoops, wrong thread...

 

[ghostdiver1957]

Please send my "Troll" Award to:

Just Kidding... was a heck of a troll though wasn't it...

I wish big fish were as easy to hook as tech divers...

 

[Charlie99]

whoops, wrong thread...

Pilotfish I think you've made your viewpoint and opinion known.
I don't even think there's anything left to say about this at all.
Now can we let this thread die please?

Ya gotta change the name to Redhatmama to use the same post in this thread

 

[GreenDiverDown]

Please send my "Troll" Award to:

Just Kidding... was a heck of a troll though wasn't it...

I wish big fish were as easy to hook as tech divers...

Hmm... so you admit to a TOS violation? :huh:

Where's a mod when you need one?

 

[daniel f aleman]

As I said, this troll was worth it.

More than just arguing for arguing's sake resulted...

 

[TheRedHead]

Well, here's a new twist on this thread after all the concern about overheads. I don't think this dive is nearly as dangerous as diving Baracuda and San Juan reefs in Cozumel where you're dealing with currents over 2 knots. If you become separated from your group, the next stop is Cuba. The guidebooks rate these dive as "expert," whatever that means. Is this a recreational dive? A technical dive? What about having to hook into a reef at Palau? Recreational?

 

[SeanQ]

Well, here's a new twist on this thread after all the concern about overheads. I don't think this dive is nearly as dangerous as diving Baracuda and San Juan reefs in Cozumel where you're dealing with currents over 2 knots. If you become separated from your group, the next stop is Cuba. The guidebooks rate these dive as "expert," whatever that means. Is this a recreational dive? A technical dive? What about having to hook into a reef at Palau? Recreational?

Hopefully most people know how to make a safe ascent without a visual reference. Once you're on the surface you're no longer diving. Skills and training wouldn't make much difference.

Perhaps you're forgetting that in an cave, you CAN'T ascend to the surface. Worse yet, you ascend in a cavern and realize that it doesn't connect to the surface. Now how are you going to find your way back to the tunnel? Did you bring a line? Good luck being able to see the tunnel because the untrained divers created a silt storm. How much gas do you have left? Do you know how to calculate how long that gas will keep you alive or do you just swim around and hope for the best?

 

[Soggy]

What part of "yes or no" don't you understand? Do you, or do you not have overhead training?

Just because you say it is a recreational dive, does not make it so.

This is a recreational dive! This is a pointless argument because it's impossible to discuss the potential problems associated with this dive with anyone who is not familiar with it.

If you all want to make this into a technical dive in your minds, then go right ahead. Lay in a big supply of antacids and moan and groan about how other people dive...

 

[GreenDiverDown]

Fact is... a lot of divers do dives they shouldn't do. Some of 'em realize it and learn from their mistakes. Some of 'em don't just don't know what they don't know. They just come up with a silly grin on their face, oblivious to their recent danger.

Fact is... next trip there will be another boat load of divers lead off on a dive ... a dive that they shouldn't do. Just goes to show... dive staff aren't immune to ignorance, either.

Fact is... somehow, they mostly all survive.

Go figure!

 

[Soggy]

What about having to hook into a reef at Palau? Recreational?

I choose option 3...dumb.