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Too many of you are caught up in the delivery of the message.  No one rejoices
when another diver dies.  The fact is, however, that this death was
preventable.  The diver who died followed many ill-advised practices. While it
was his choice in a free society to do so, his death hurts all of us.

It hurts his family, his friends, his dive buddy, the equipment manufacturer of
the equipment he was using, and those of us who want to be able to access dive
sites without restriction in the future.

If Eric had listened and dived more safely, he would not be a statistic now. 
Wake up!  There are safer ways of diving.  Why choose to take extra, un-needed
risk?

I live in South Florida.  I saw Eric's posts a few months ago, and made the
decision then that I would not knowingly dive on the same boat if he was on it.
I did not know him other than from his posts.  I would not dive with anyone
with that attitude.  I won't dive with his same ocean buddy either, or with a
number of others I've seen post here at various times.

Do I lack dive buddies?  No.  I choose my buddies carefully, especially for
technical and cave dives.  

I want a buddy who will actually be a buddy, that means that we swim or scooter
together.  That means they are watching me during the dive, even if I pause to
take a photo.  That means I watch them.  It means we plan the dive together and
we execute it together.  It means they have the right attitude and the proper
equipment.  It means we are familiar with each other's equipment.

You've heard these things over and over in Trey's posts and in many others.  It
is a safer way to dive.  Sure, there are no laws that force you to dive this
way, but I notice the death toll keeps adding up on the side of those who
insist on diving solo, and diving using practices I consider unsafe.

In the interest of preventing your death, consider changing your mind on these
practices and adopting a safer approach.

Jan


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