This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C1AA65.A469F1F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I remember posting the following on techdiver last Septmeber regarding = Mike Pizzio diving solo and I remember the number of people who jumped = on my case because of how unsafe they thought it was, I believe that one = reputable individual stated that he would sit on the boat rather than = dive solo or maybe we are not comparing apples to apples. Or maybe it's = not what is said but who says it? After experiencing lots of diving down here as a divemaster doing recreational charters, I know where Mike is coming from. I got so that I found diving more relaxing and safer diving solo than with a buddy = picked at random from the dive boat. A lot of times I would end up diving with the least skilled of the bunch. I would get to repeatedly save their butt, = do to things like not being weighted properly, losing a tank, not watching = their air supply, or a host of other barn yard stupid things that can be = expected if one dives a couple times a year. These kind of people/tourists are = the bread & butter of most dive boats in S. Florida. In my mind one is = safer diving alone and one has more of a worry free dive when you don't have = to worry about your buddy attacking you to get at your air supply or = rushing to the surface in a state of panic after seeing a nurse shark. I saw Mike dive with people like this repeatedly and I can say that = this sort of thing gets old. It starts to take the fun out of diving. Your = nerves start to frazzle and you wonder how people can take such risks with = their and your life, and you wonder who the hell trained this guy or girl. It = can get pretty frustrating as there seems to be an endless supply of these = twice a year, poorly trained divers out there. I found that if I dive as a divemaster solo, I can make the rounds = and save more barnyard stupid new divers from themselves. It is a great thing to always have a good buddy to dive with, but someone needs to look out for the newbies of diving or the death toll & insurance rates will sky rocket. Due to these continual experiences I = find diving much more relaxing solo too. I have jumped countless wrecks solo. = I will admit that it is not the safest act in the world, but it gets the = job done. No one wants to go for a sand dive. Most buddies can not keep up = with me going down. If your buddy stops because he can't clear his ears, that = is the end of the dive, maybe for the whole boat. Grappling is a good idea = as long as you do not grapple debris off the side of the wreck somewhere, = or the grapple does not unhook. Remember recreational divers don't carry = lift bags. If they did it would be a nightmare. I guess I'm done ramblin' on = for the moment. This is the reactive mentality that both I and Mike became used to. = George, I would bet that you have been in our shoes at one time. You know, where = it is safer to dive by yourself than with the people on the boat?=20 Have a great day & Good Diving, Bye, George ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C1AA65.A469F1F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I remember posting the following on = techdiver last=20 Septmeber regarding Mike Pizzio diving solo and I remember the number of = people=20 who jumped on my case because of how unsafe they thought it was, I = believe that=20 one reputable individual stated that he would sit on the boat rather = than dive=20 solo or maybe we are not comparing apples to apples. Or maybe it's not = what is=20 said but who says it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR>After experiencing lots of diving down here as a divemaster=20 doing<BR>recreational charters, I know where Mike is coming from. I got = so that=20 I<BR>found diving more relaxing and safer diving solo than with a buddy = picked=20 at<BR>random from the dive boat. A lot of times I would end up diving = with=20 the<BR>least skilled of the bunch. I would get to repeatedly save their = butt, do=20 to<BR>things like not being weighted properly, losing a tank, not = watching=20 their<BR>air supply, or a host of other barn yard stupid things that can = be=20 expected<BR>if one dives a couple times a year. These kind of = people/tourists=20 are the<BR>bread & butter of most dive boats in S. Florida. In = my mind=20 one is safer<BR>diving alone and one has more of a worry free dive when = you=20 don't have to<BR>worry about your buddy attacking you to get at your air = supply=20 or rushing to<BR>the surface in a state of panic after seeing a nurse=20 shark.<BR> I saw Mike dive with people like this = repeatedly=20 and I can say that this<BR>sort of thing gets old. It starts to take the = fun out=20 of diving. Your nerves<BR>start to frazzle and you wonder how people can = take=20 such risks with their<BR>and your life, and you wonder who the hell = trained this=20 guy or girl. It can<BR>get pretty frustrating as there seems to be an = endless=20 supply of these twice<BR>a year, poorly trained divers out=20 there.<BR> I found that if I dive as a divemaster = solo, I can=20 make the rounds and<BR>save more barnyard stupid new divers from=20 themselves.<BR> It is a great thing to always have a = good=20 buddy to dive with, but<BR>someone needs to look out for the newbies of = diving=20 or the death toll &<BR>insurance rates will sky rocket. Due to these = continual experiences I find<BR>diving much more relaxing solo too. I = have=20 jumped countless wrecks solo. I<BR>will admit that it is not the safest = act in=20 the world, but it gets the job<BR>done. No one wants to go for a sand = dive. Most=20 buddies can not keep up with<BR>me going down. If your buddy stops = because he=20 can't clear his ears, that is<BR>the end of the dive, maybe for the = whole boat.=20 Grappling is a good idea as<BR>long as you do not grapple debris off the = side of=20 the wreck somewhere, or<BR>the grapple does not unhook. Remember = recreational=20 divers don't carry lift<BR>bags. If they did it would be a nightmare. I = guess=20 I'm done ramblin' on for<BR>the moment.<BR> This is the reactive = mentality=20 that both I and Mike became used to. George,<BR>I would bet that you = have been=20 in our shoes at one time. You know, where it<BR>is safer to dive by = yourself=20 than with the people on the boat? </DIV> <DIV>Have a great day &<BR>Good=20 Diving,<BR>Bye,<BR>George<BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C1AA65.A469F1F0-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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