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You know I have been leafing through various books on diving latley and it is truly rare when a diver spends the time to describe a clusterfuck situation, esp. if there were no witnesses. What is a clusterfuck? This is a series of events that combine and conspire with each other to the point that a dive is unsurvivable. The ones who do survive were able to recognize the onset of a CF and take some measures or simply have a strong survival instinct which pulls their ass through. But as we know, CFs can reach the point that even the survivors can't handle the situation. But sitting down and analyzing a Near Death Experience is hard to do, the "fog of panic" makes it hard to recall certain details plus I think that there are other reasons for the general reluctance out there: -Superstition, it's bad luck to dwell on a NDE. It is important to wash it out of your mind to keep from attracting fate once again. -Macho, it just looks bad if you've done something really stupid, I mean why does everybody have to know about it? -Family, lets face it, this is a dangerous sport and nobody wants the word of a NDE getting back to the family or they might force the diver to quit doing the thing he or she loves most. If you can find the courage, or have the unselfish desire to get over these hurtles, then lives could be saved. There are some who like the recall "the time they almost died" as a macho exercise, where just about every dive results in a NDE, but I think that even these fellows get strangely silent when they have had a true, by-golly-you-betcha of a tank-slapper Imgonnadie experience. Jim Sender: Capt JT Date: 12/31/98 5:23 PM >Fellow Divers >Taking the path that I have only seen two ever do before(Gary Gentile with >his books and Richard Pyle on this list)make their mistakes open to >everyone,I will on Jan. 2nd post the detailed account of my Doria trip in >which I made a mistake during my dive .It is my belief that some may learn >a lesson from my mistake.If everyone was open and honest we would have less >tech diving accidents.I will answer any question that are asked ,as long as >they are asked in a manner that you or someone else can learn from it.All >cuts,stabs,and flames will be ignored as the list can learn nothing from >that. > >Capt.JT > >JT > > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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