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> Your buddy could have gone down a different tunnel at a split, he could > have stirred up so much silt that you can't find him, he could have a > blown light so you can't see him, he could have bailed on you, etc. etc. > etc. Most of our caves here in Fla. have multiple tunnels in them, maze > like. It would not be hard for a buddy team to get seperated, and it > does happen. I'm sure it does, and my point was not that it's impossible to lose a buddy in a cave - just less likely than in OW (especially if buddy diving is done properly, as it is by the WKPP guys). Therefore, the asset:liability ratio for a buddy in cave diving is better than it is for OW diving. > It does point out a wrinkle I hadn't thought of, yes.. But overall, > I would think rule #1 should keep that one clear. Rule #1 certainly helps, but it doesn't solve the problem altogether. It's not always that somebody did something stupid that causes buddy-related problems in OW; it's the "Shit Happens" component that usually gets you when both of the pair are good. The "S.H." component is the background noise of diving risk - it applies at equal rates to both storkes and non-strokes (or, using my preferred term: wankers and non-wankers). Aloha, Rich
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