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Well said, Joel...

I agree with you 100%. 

> George, 
> 
> If nothing has changed then that is a bad state of affairs. But, I am sure
> what you may mean is that change has been slow. Because there has been
> change and we both know that. What has not changed is that there are still
> those men and women who want to do daring things. Despite how much you or I
> (or anyone for that matter) get on our soap boxes we cant reach them all --
> we may be lucky if we can reach 20 or 30 in a year. 
> 
> What has changed overall. Significant increase in the use of helium, more
> use of standardized enriched air mixes, cleaner gear configurations, a
> greater application of the "team approach." 
> 
> Will we ever be able to stop fatalities in diving across the board. I don't
> think so. But once in a while we may just stop that one diver who is at the
> fork in the road; his choice is a difficult one because he's ignorant, not
> stupid, just ignorant. 
> 
> Agencies? Agencies don't train people -- people train people. Even there we
> cant assure that it is always done "perfectly" since perfection is
> something that can be strived for but never really achieved.  One by one we
> learn how to do it better. 
> 
> Community is important its part of the human spirit that cannot be ignored.
> New ones join, and some leave. If you look back over the very short 7
> years, even you have changed. Methods, approaches, tools, equipment, and
> tolerance or lack thereof.  The only thing that is constant is change. 
> 
> So where do we go?  I know what I am doing, I'm making changes, some of
> them are even credited to you. But in the long run we do need to remember
> some of the tragedies as little wake up calls. The Rouses (who i didn't
> know) just happen to be one of the nastiest that pop up each year for me.
> You have others you can remember I am sure. Billy Deans has his, Capt Steve
> has his, and the line goes on. We have both seen people come into this
> sport, burn hot for a few years then sell all their gear on tech diver,
> they have their demons too. 
> 
> Don't give up on community. 
> 
> regards,
> 
> jds 
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