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Not only do you violate rule #1 on every dive, but you also
dive solo on every dive.  An instructor is always the
ultimate buddy, but never has a buddy.  A student can never
be relied upon for support.  Simple fact of life.

That wasn't the purpose of the post, though.  This was a rather
mundane dive, should have been, that pointed out how the
conventional manner of equipment configuration can turn around
and bite you.  Big time!

Some of us, those who do multiple "types" of diving need to
start realizing that the lessons learned and applied in the
extended range diving type of diving are just as important in
the real world of recreational diving.  While the Tek conference
focuses on the cutting edge of technology, perhaps a useful topic
for one of the future conferences would be application of equipment
and equipment configurations to recreational diving.  How aobut
a lobbying effort to get all of the training agencies to look
seriously at the configurations, such as octopus position, to
reconsider the safety of dive instructors and their students?

This wasn't meant to be a matter of bravery (complement accepted, though)
but of facing reality of a potentially dangerous situation.
Safety equipment you can't get to doesn't exist!

Ralph

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