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Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> writes: > ... Boys and girls, it is *our* butts that are on the line > here. Either you are DIR or you are not. > > Nowadays most are not which is why I prefer to dive solo. I look forward > to the day when DIR is taken up by most divers, and at that point I will > reconsider the buddy system. ... As I understood it, the buddy is an essential part of the Doing It Right system. You don't need a spare mask, or a "buddy bottle", or any of a long list of other things, if you've got somebody you can rely on in the water beside you. If you're going to change a fundamental assumption at the core of the system, you pretty much have to start over with a blank sheet of paper and think everything through again and make sure you have a coherent system. Almost all of my dives are with a short list of other people from around here; I really can't see going out and doing a serious dive with some random other customer on a diveboat. I understand that Cobber is one of a kind, but isn't there anyone else in your area of similar mind who wants to team up and do the same sort of diving? -- Anthony DeBoer <adb@on*.ca*> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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