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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 15:08:14 -0700 From: tompharm@ix*.ne*.co* (Tom Carroll ) Subject: Re: Death on the Oregon To: mark.welzel@ex*.co* (MARK WELZEL) Cc: techdiver@terra.net >He tried to tie an ascent line to the wreck and was >found at about 90 fsw, entangled. > >Maybe some of the less experienced divers on the list >will pay closer attention to thier diving habits and >the environments they find themselves in and not rush >blindly to their deaths as well. >could have learned, if you had the proper respect for the escalation in >difficulty. Perhaps the price of free information is that there will >be more of the accidents, such as you describe, where someone got in a >race care when they barely knew how to drive the family station wagon. >A final comment, or really a tip for less experienced divers. There is >a natural tendency for many newer divers to want to come off as being >experienced. This mitigates against the very profitable exersize of >recognizing who are the more experienced divers, taking a look at thier >gear and asking advice. That would entail an admission that you were a >student not a master- a hard thing to do. But, here is a secret: The >most experienced divers are constantly on the lookout for ideas and >better ways to do things. I am one of those less experienced divers,and hope to learn how to do more technically demanding dives. I recently took the PADI wreck diving specialty course and it served mainly to point out how much more I need to learn. In particular,while I didn't get entangled in my reel line, I had trouble getting the line back smoothly on the reel (it bunched up on the side making it necessary to go back and try again) and then it came back off when I was undoing the tie-off at the end. The instructor recommended further practice with the reel. My question : Are there any practice exercises with the reel beyond tying it off,then going forth and back that I should be doing? Any tips on getting the line back smoothly on the reel? I know these are very basic skills, but these seem to be the ones newer divers lack (at least,this newer diver!). Thanks for your help Elizabeth elidale@um*.ed* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'.
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