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ALobster@ao*.co* wrote: > My daughter is a diver... she is 15.. she learned when she was 13.. She dives very very well. Bully for her. You _would_ think so, she's your child. > I started diving when I was 15...Maybe I should be used as a living experiment...(No way !!) I guess that when you first learned, possibly when your daughter first learned, nobody made reference to bone necrosis and divers and growing bones? > Here is another thought..... > The same 15 year old who dives with me has been driving my car for > nearly a year.... Not the same thing at all. The effects of pressure on young and growing bones is of concern to not a few: http://www.gulftel.com/~scubadoc/Dysost.htm (article) http://www.gulftel.com/~scubadoc/dysostref.htm (references) amongst many others. More importantly (perhaps, who can tell?) can 13 year olds properly handle emergencies in such an environment? I've seen too many adults incapable of this to think that children are able to regularly do so. To refer to your car comparison, you can't simply park the Scuba and get out. I'm sure that you're fully aware that Scuba is a Life Support System? A car cannot be designated as such. > One wonders which is worse... to breathe compressed air or to be in control of a dangerous machine that can kill other people as well... To participate in an activity that might surreptitiously damage young and growing bones? No one really knows but fully adult abalone divers (for example) get this problem all the time. Sure, they face extremely lengthy exposures to pressure, but they're FULLY GROWN. As for cars, you learn to drive these in your own environment and, chances are, you've been in one as a passenger all your life. Scuba is NONE of that. Think about it. > I believe she can also get married at 16... Crikey!!!! Perhaps it's not just PADI that's messed up here. Immaterial. That's simply because legislators are as often as not stupid. Cheers, Christian -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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