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Wendall, You bring up a great point... in technical diving your margin of error is almost always less than one mistake. I'm a pilot, and in flying, you can be one mistake high, or two mistakes high, or three mistakes high... in technical diving; you often don't have that luxury. Funny, almost every extreme sport turns out to be that way... zero tolerance for error, which is perhaps why George is the way he is; zero tolerance (although he could stand to brush up on his presentation skills a bit <grin>). If my life depended on the skills of the people who I am diving with (as it sometimes does with technical diving), I would make sure that I only dive with the best. Divers with bad gear choices, bad conditioning, and bad diving skills are all walking around with a sign on their forehead: "I consume your margin of error" It makes sense to dive with people who share your beliefs on gear, your skills, and your conditioning. The chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Hell... when MY LIFE depends on someone else; I only want the best around me. Regards, Joe West > > I think another point all this illustrates is that this is a > technically > demanding sport. Or to put it in other terms, every time we > go diving, > we are one mistake/dumb choice away from sudden death. > What burns me about the commentary by a certain person best > left unnamed <snip> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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