The Dive Buddy's Creed

[Ken abucs]

ItsBruce wrote this great thought after digesting 10 pages of the "I refuse to dive with him!" thread. I thinks it's work it's own thread, maybe even worth making sticky.

I am responsible for my own safety and as to my safety, a buddy is just a potential asset. However, I will consider myself responsible for my buddy's safety. In the event I feel I don't have sufficient assets to be comfortable with my safety, I'll thumb the dive. If I become worried about my buddy's safety, I'll thumb the dive. Unless the instabuddy with whom I'm paired is clearly an accident looking for a place to happen, I'll take whomever the DM assigns. If it shortens my dive, that is just a risk that comes with not bringing my own buddy. However, maybe in the process, I'll be able to help someone improve their own diving, and that will be adequate consolation.

 

[Wayward Son]

That is a lot nicer than "If you die first, we're splitting up your gear"

 

[Spratman]

:lol:

Actually I like that idea....it'll keep your buddy thinking. Hmm....on second thought, he/she might have the same idea...

 

[vkalia]

That is a lot nicer than "If you die first, we're splitting up your gear"

Split? I always thought the buddy gets to keep it all!

V.

 

[Brewone0to]

That is a lot nicer than "If you die first, we're splitting up your gear"

How do you determine who gets first choice when dividing up the gear?

 

[Wayward Son]

How do you determine who gets first choice when dividing up the gear?

The guy who owns the boat. If the guy who owns the boat dies, it's a free for all.

 

[Ken abucs]

This thread isn't going the way I expected. I thought it was a great way to deal with the insta-buddy problem. Like 90% of life, it's all about aproaching a situation with the right attitude.

 

[dive_lover88]

well...you have to agree that they were in the general direction...

 

[Doc Intrepid]

This thread isn't going the way I expected. I thought it was a great way to deal with the insta-buddy problem. Like 90% of life, it's all about aproaching a situation with the right attitude.

Hi Ken,

I also thought ItsBruce did a nice job of summarizing many different comments regarding a good attitude toward instabuddies. He wrote a nice post.

That said, I always call dibs on the tanks...

Doc

 

[CD_in_Chitown]

I also thought ItsBruce did a nice job of summarizing many different comments regarding a good attitude toward instabuddies. He wrote a nice post.

Yes, eloquent and poignant, well spoken Bruce.

I got dibs on the regs