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_________________________________________________________________ >I have been trained by 3 iantd instructors, and while they allow >personal preferences to dominate, they never >let a diver in the water who is configured unsafely. ....that you are aware of, anyway. This may be true, but the time looms near when a higher level of accountability for agencies and instructors alike will be the norm. >Right. You were there and saw what happened. You know the all causes >and cascade of events that occurred. You >have not labeled your suspicions as speculations like everyone >speculating has. Let's all wait for some facts. >I hope the WKPP team gets some video of the bodies where they lay, as >they lay, for real forensic purposes. I >know that sometimes a dump valve toggle can get caught in the webbing >of your harness if your not paying >attention when you suit up. Video will still show this if it is there. >After lifting the bodies, the 'crime' >scene will have been destroyed, and the true answers may then ellude >the questions we all have. Due to the nature of the sport and its risks as perceived by the public at large, what really happened may unfortunately be irrelevant. The other problem is that, due to the wildly variant quality of instruction and judgement found in this sport, coupled with a machismo complex found in many a 'tech-diver,' the likelihood of this and most other accidents being due to stupid configuration or poor planning/techniques is high. If one is "doing it right," many of the usual accident causing elements are removed. Sure accidents can still happen, but how frequently can you find a dive accident that could not be traced with a fair degree of certainty to some boneheaded maneuver? Barring the occasional shark attack and natural disaster(see Parker Turner), most of the time you will find either a flaw in gear config/maintenance, judgement, or training. Sure, we should get the facts as best we can before closing the book on this one, but odds are pretty good that it wasn't a freak, unavoidable accident. We'll see. I hope that it was. >> I will also say, that physical screening for tech diving must become >> mandatory---- > >This is a good idea. Aw, c'mon...the body-acceptance groups will scream discrimination, for sure. >the tech student exhibited symptoms on a 200 ft dive the day >> before ( a very bad headache , which forced him to lie down after >the >> dive ) ---these symptoms could have indicated the existence of a >PFO, > >Sounds to me if the guy had a headache this bad and reentered the >water the next day then there are >some judgement considerations to be looked at. Its possible that a >poor medical evaluation may not have kept >this diver out of the water. Still, lets wait for all the facts. The fact that this guy entered the water, having allegedly experienced said symptoms, is a testament to the lack of good diving judgement skills that should be impressed upon the new diver in OW1. Just my $.02 Bill -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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