Rob Meddes
Guest
To get into the water without turning on my air i have to:-
1)Not check my air pressure to ensure i have any or at least enough for the dive.
2)Not check my LPI works on my BCD & my BCD inflates
3)Not check my drysuit inflator works.
4)Not check my primary reg works.
5)Not check my octo (or secondary) reg works.
6)Not ensure my air tastes ok.
7)Not ensure there's no fluctuations in my SPG when breathing because either i have a fault or my valve has closed slightly be accident.
8)My buddy has to fail to ensure i do my checks
9)My buddy has to fail to check HIS emergancy air supply (my octo)
10)Fail to partially inflate my BCD before entry
11)Not have my reg in my mouth & be breathing (i always try to do that) before i leap into an asphixiating, lethal substance.
Now call me old fashioned but if you think that you & uncle pug can miss all these simple, elementary open water skills & still be right, then I'm clearly not diving in the blue planet but on a different planet.
I'm a PADI & BSAC instructor & never have i ever heard of anyone anywhere teaching or mentioning the need to be able to turn your single on in case you forget. It's easy, you don't. Your life literally depends on it.
Your just justifying very bad diving practices by sticking an unneeded skill onto it & making up various examples of why you would need this skill. If your diving is done correctly then these examples will never arise. Even equipment failure cannot be blamed as the whole point of "looking before you leap" is to ensure your equipment is working.
Sorry but training, experience, commen sense & basic survival urges tells me that your wrong & if your not then 100's of thousands of divers around the world are & i doubt that. I just prey you don't try twinset deco diving or even worse, CCR diving because with this "if i forget then i can do this" attitude you'll be dead.
Good diving
Rob
1)Not check my air pressure to ensure i have any or at least enough for the dive.
2)Not check my LPI works on my BCD & my BCD inflates
3)Not check my drysuit inflator works.
4)Not check my primary reg works.
5)Not check my octo (or secondary) reg works.
6)Not ensure my air tastes ok.
7)Not ensure there's no fluctuations in my SPG when breathing because either i have a fault or my valve has closed slightly be accident.
8)My buddy has to fail to ensure i do my checks
9)My buddy has to fail to check HIS emergancy air supply (my octo)
10)Fail to partially inflate my BCD before entry
11)Not have my reg in my mouth & be breathing (i always try to do that) before i leap into an asphixiating, lethal substance.
Now call me old fashioned but if you think that you & uncle pug can miss all these simple, elementary open water skills & still be right, then I'm clearly not diving in the blue planet but on a different planet.
I'm a PADI & BSAC instructor & never have i ever heard of anyone anywhere teaching or mentioning the need to be able to turn your single on in case you forget. It's easy, you don't. Your life literally depends on it.
Your just justifying very bad diving practices by sticking an unneeded skill onto it & making up various examples of why you would need this skill. If your diving is done correctly then these examples will never arise. Even equipment failure cannot be blamed as the whole point of "looking before you leap" is to ensure your equipment is working.
Sorry but training, experience, commen sense & basic survival urges tells me that your wrong & if your not then 100's of thousands of divers around the world are & i doubt that. I just prey you don't try twinset deco diving or even worse, CCR diving because with this "if i forget then i can do this" attitude you'll be dead.
Good diving
Rob
