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On Fri, 1 Dec 1995, Andy Schmidt [NJ] wrote: >Is there any reason why very well trained people would NOT >run their very own line from an appropriate point near the entry to the >beginning of the permanent line? How did they GET to the permanent line >without running their own - if it is SO far back into the cave. >In the two Akumal cases I'm personally familiar with, no length of line >would have made a difference and certainly no NSS/CDS or NACD policy >played any role. >If divers are planning to use alternDate exits than the original entry >point, then it would appear wise to first scout those alternate exits out >and set up lines from the permanent line to the surface as needed. Good points, Andy. Of course, if you _plan_ an alternate exit, you would do just as you suggested. In any case, it behooves the individual diver to ask questions about the dive - where do other lines go? what other exits are there? emergency plans? Line protocol? etc etc.... If ya don't ask, you won't know. I spoke recently with someone who commented that they didn't find all those 1000's and 1000's of feet of line in such and such a cave; They hadn't asked, either. "Trust Me Dives" are just that - "trust me to get you in, and trust me to get you out." Most of the visitors to the systems in the Yucatan use a guide on their first trip, and that's really a "Trust Me" situation. If somehow you lose ME, it's not longer a "Trust Me", it's "Trust Yourself" and ya better be prepared to do just that. harve Harve Thorn TThorn@co*.ua*.ed*
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