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Aldo, we only dive buddy teams. The buddy must stay close and be in contact somehow with the other at all times. Even when JJ and I are laying line and surveying, or when I am on the line and he is on the wall, we are in contact and watching each other. If one has any issue or problem or seems strange, the other automatically helps. We do not wait for the other "tough guy" to fix his own problem. That is what strokes do. You never stree yoiur buddy out, you always match speed and you always let him know you are in contact. This is not by silly little light signals, this is by merely toughing you beam into his path so he knows where you are and that you are looking without stopping to check. It is a fallacy taught by the "old timers" ( read morons and deep air divers ) that you can not help your buddy deep - we only dive deep due to our environment. This, in a nutshell, is why we are the best in the business and nobody has ever been able to outgun us or even come close - their "every man for himself" attitude prevents it. By the way, you never leave your buddy. -----Original Message----- From: Aldo Solari [APS] [mailto:aldo.solari@ho*.se*] Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 3:11 AM To: techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: [DIR] ethics, George et al. Dear all: Recent postings about premises on "buddy ethics" were very interesting not only from a functional viewpoint but a human one, as well. It would be very interesting if George Irvine and colleagues and other interested parties could write an article on guidelines (ethical and operational) on the buddy system. I am pretty sure they could shed further light on the aforementioned aspects due to their experience under extreme conditions. I am sure many of the premises and acceptable buddy ethics may be practiced by many divers with common sense. However, it might be as important to formalize those ideas onto a writing. Thank you all. Cheers, ---- aldo.solari@ho*.se* (fisheries biologist) Home page, www.ccbb.ulpgc.es/fish-ecology/solaris ---- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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