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On 8/9/02 6:57 AM, "Hugh Moore" <hughmoore@bi*.co*> wrote: > Whats the problem, when I lived in Papua New Guinea, I did hundreds of solo > dives off liveaboards/PNG Dive boats with my Camera. Crystal clear water, > mostly less than 20 metres, photographing & filming the marine life. > > In the mid nineties, operators requested that solo divers (read > photographers) carry a Pony bottle in case while concentrating > filming/photographing, ran out of air. > > Most photographers would spend hours under/near the boat getting that > perfect shot. You didnt have to go far! > > I havent come accross many "BUDDYS" willing to sit under the boat in ten > metres of water for an hour and half while you shoot off a role of film on a > unique creature. > > Maybe its OK with you, but havent seen it too often. > > So Im a stroke, stiff shit, I dont need a baby sitter to reef dive with my > Camera. I wore a pony for years, never used it once, didnt see a need for > doubles either for the depths we were doing. Never ran out of air once, > after 90 mins, you are either out of film or battery was flat on the video. > Its not hard to look at the gauge. I dont need a buddy to tap me on the > shoulder every five minutes to check my air! > > When doing a wreck/diving deep, you would dive as a group/with a buddy. > > Hugh, South OZ I've run into this mentality for years. I do UW photography too and have spent hours just watching and the funny thing is, I've never had a problem finding a buddy who wants to spend long periods of time underwater. Not everyone needs to be cruising the reef as fast as possible, ignoring the small stuff, not really paying attention as they cruise by, faster, deeper, more macho. Maybe it's a Southern thang . . . . And as for your "safety" record, I'm pretty sure that every one of those solo divers who died while alone, before that final dive, would have touted their record of a string of "safe" solo dives. It's simple math. Two brains and two sets of eyes are almost always are better than one. When you read the accident reports that are available (and too few are) it's not hard to figure out that in nearly every intentional solo, eventual solo and unintended solo dive, the addition of a buddy would have increased the chances of survival immensely. > I havent come accross many "BUDDYS" willing to sit under the boat in ten > metres of water for an hour and half while you shoot off a role of film on a > unique creature. I'd get a new set of friends/buddys. I'm trying to picture guys/gals who'd say, "spend hours underwater with you examining a beautiful reef in close detail? You gotta be balmy!" JoeL -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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