I don't think that technical diving has zero tolerance for error. It is
usually a chain of errors known in the sport as a "clusterfuck" which lead
to the demise of a diver.

The idea, IMHO, is to make errors survivable by redundant systems, a good
plan and a large safety margin. Certainly there are events which can lead to
certain death (a wing falling off your plane, a collapse during a
penetration), but if diving were risk-free, it would not be any fun would
it?

   Jim
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> From: "Joe W" <arizonajeep@ho*.co*>
> Reply-To: <arizonajeep@ho*.co*>
> Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 06:49:20 -0700
> To: "'Wendell Grogan'" <wgrogan@dc*.ne*>, "'Trey'" <trey@ne*.co*>
> Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> Subject: Less than one mistake margin of error; was RE: FW: Steve Berman
> 
> 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>
> 
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