Brian J
Registered
I enjoy bicycling. It is good exercise and after the pain of climbing a hill I enjoy the rush of a fast descent. But people die on bicycles. I was close to somebody cut off by a car; even with his helmet he didn't stand a chance at 30 or 35 mph.
I am a private pilot and love to fly. You can't be in aviation for any length of time without knowing somebody who dies in a crash.
When I lived in Utah I participated in a lot of rock climbing. I knew people who grew complacent about placing anchors on a climb, one of whom died when leading up a pitch and the two anchors he placed fell out of the rock.
And I am a scuba diver, trying to stay alive breathing air underwater.
I could hide in my house and thereby avoid most risks of daily life, but with my personality that might lead to suicidal depression! Instead I will live and enjoy my life. If I have a close call in an activity I enjoy I might give up that activity, but until that happens I will consider every death in an activity I enjoy a gift from the deceased.
Instead of looking at a death and concluding the activity is too dangerous, I accept the risk and honor the dead by learning from their mistakes and teaching others to avoid the same mistakes. But we have to make our own choices. If the OP does quit diving I won't respect them less just because I don't agree with their choice.
I am a private pilot and love to fly. You can't be in aviation for any length of time without knowing somebody who dies in a crash.
When I lived in Utah I participated in a lot of rock climbing. I knew people who grew complacent about placing anchors on a climb, one of whom died when leading up a pitch and the two anchors he placed fell out of the rock.
And I am a scuba diver, trying to stay alive breathing air underwater.
I could hide in my house and thereby avoid most risks of daily life, but with my personality that might lead to suicidal depression! Instead I will live and enjoy my life. If I have a close call in an activity I enjoy I might give up that activity, but until that happens I will consider every death in an activity I enjoy a gift from the deceased.
Instead of looking at a death and concluding the activity is too dangerous, I accept the risk and honor the dead by learning from their mistakes and teaching others to avoid the same mistakes. But we have to make our own choices. If the OP does quit diving I won't respect them less just because I don't agree with their choice.