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William Allen wrote: > My point if you count your buddy as your redundant back up, how is that > safe? Never, Never, never count on some one else to pull your butt out of a > sling. If you do count on him, and while diving get separated what happens? > A buddy is nice to have, but to count on him how is that rational. We dive > in an area where buddy separation is a fact of life, turn your head, stop to > see something and he's gone, a feature of poor visibility diving. I'm sorry > if I feel increased danger doesn't stop me from enjoying things I like. It's > called risk management it's throughout one's life from bankers, businessman, > to insurance people. You look at the risk, do your planning to minimize it, > than rationally decide is there an alternative and then you ask can I accept > this risk? > I think some of the most dangerous diving i have ever heard of is what the > wkpp does. These guys know the risk, work every posible angle to minumize > the risk. The accept a very real risk every time they do this, should they > say no because of the risk? I know they look at their dive buddies as a last > line of defense, there if all else fails. The first line should always be > you and your brain, your equipment, your personal redundency. Most buddies, > unless you dive reguarly togther, share goals and have similar skill levels > can add more risk than redundecy. Couldn't agree with you more William, especially the last sentence. Do not expect to have a rational conversation with Sean. It is like those post dive conversations with the buddy who disappears. They see themselves as in the right, now what's the question? -- Wrolf wrolf@wr*.ne* Wrolf's Wreck: http://wrolf.net Wrolf's Net.Wreck: http://wrolf.net/netmgmt.shtml -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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