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You wrote: > >Esat, when you write: > >> b. THis all becomes relatively less necessary when the reel is >>being employed as a way back line. Without a doubt a technique that a >>wreck diver worth their gear should preferably not use. Divers >>venturing into wreck diving that is more than down the anchor line for >>a look-see should be wellversed in navigating and be able to return to >>the anchorline without crutches. Emphasis of & reliance on the bread >>crumbs only reduces diving acumen. > >> c. Even if a stroke chooses that technique in an emergency they >>can cut and ascend after retieing (remember the back up needs to be >>brought into use and tied) or begin the ascent until deployed line >>(which is still attached to the wreck) snags. AT which point the diver >>begins to let out the remnant on reel. > >you seem to be saying only strokes run lines on wrecks. > >Is that what you mean? And if so, why? > >rgrds billyW > > Hi BillyW THat is kind of what I believe. The reasoning is simple (to my simple mind at least). It is a matter of 'self-reliance' and learning, increasing awareness of wreck, many of those intangibles that make us, I think, better wreck divers. The first and foremost 'philosophical' point is: Not returning to anchor-line is not a life or death matter. We do carry independent deco-stop means. Therefore laying a way-back line (cross wreck line, bread crumbs, whatever) is not essential for survival provided that no penetration is involved. Secondly, since survival as well as enjoyment of the wreck depends, in my view, on learning it, those crutches tend to reduce that learning. THirdly, laying lines require a level of learning, & lines that are not layed right become a hazard. Obviously we have the double jeopardy here - inexperienced divers are the ones that (mostly) lay the lines & they (because of the inexperience) don't do it right! I do not want to generalize on this, but at least in the circles that I dive, the old 'salts', who tend to know the wrecks either specifically or generically, don't use them. On the other hand, those with less experience, who don't use them, appear to have learned more about wreck diving and wrecks compared to their cohorts that do. Obviously this is not a conclusion based on scientific data, just an observation. Can it be skewed? Most definitely. One can also say that the former group may be more dedicated, the latter group more casual, & that is what is producing the result, with or without line use. At the prectical level, I kind of hate it when I come down on a wreck & it looks like a spider-web :-). Hate to be a 'fly'! In my never so humble opinion, learning the methods of navigating a wreck, and learning a wreck obviates the need for the way back line. Safe diving Esat Atikkan
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