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Team diving wasn't an option in my area before 2001 when some of us got together and made it an option. But go ahead, keep telling me that what we accomplished was a fluke and couldn't be repeated anywhere else.
Team diving wasn't an option in my area before 2001 when some of us got together and made it an option. But go ahead, keep telling me that what we accomplished was a fluke and couldn't be repeated anywhere else.
Be the change you want to see in the world. Or sit back and let things happen to you. Your choice.
Team diving wasn't an option in my area before 2001 when some of us got together and made it an option. But go ahead, keep telling me that what we accomplished was a fluke and couldn't be repeated anywhere else.
Be the change you want to see in the world. Or sit back and let things happen to you. Your choice.
. Lol.. they've been doing it that way for what? 50 years?Not in every situation all the time, and what happens when you get separated from the team? Then your just like the rest of us!
It is bound to happen at some point, might as well learn to be comfortable with it.
Why do you just gloss over anything anyone says or questions we ask and just keep repeating yourself? That's not really a debate, it's just you talking without seeing a different perspective. At the very least I'm willing to see the merit in what you say, and there is merit.
Fun GUE story told by a friend; He's coming out of a cave to a GUE disciple sitting alone at ~ 20'. My friend has 100% so he does his gas switch and completes his deco. GUE guy still sitting there. When the guy came out some time later my friend asked him what was wrong, he said he had become lost from his team and since protocol was to do gas switches with a team member to verify the switch he had to deco on backgas.
That (to me) sums up GUE really well. Is verifying gas switches a good idea?, absolutely. Is there ever a time and place where maybe it's not going to happen or can't? 100%. This poor guy sat for a good while underwater when a better gas was inches from his face. How hard would it have been to trace the hose, do it twice even, and verify? So entrenched in the dogma he lost sight of the mission. Couldn't think outside the GUE "box".
But all the mates who tie us in are solo. If it was such a great thing maybe you should tell the captains they should have 2 mates tie us in on every dive as a team
Not saying there aren't teams or buddies but more often then not there's not. And it still works.
I personally do dive with buddies just for fun, but we get separated all the time. I'm also not a complete moron, when I get separated my willingness to push the dive and get myself in tight spots changes. You have to be aware of your surroundings and adapt.
A GUE guy would freak out if he lost his team (and I guess end the dive?!?), me on the other hand (and I'm sure plenty of others but I'll only speak for myself) change the dive plan and enjoy what we came there to see and do.
Not in every situation all the time, and what happens when you get separated from the team? Then your just like the rest of us!
