Quote:
| Originally Posted by Howard Payne .....snip..... we need to be practising stuff with our buddies even when it's cold and horrible - we need to be prepared to spend the extra £20 on gas or just say I'll dive a bit less - we need to stay dived up and we need to strive for higher not lower standards.
In short I believe we need to accept that just because the chances of something going wrong are very, very slim - the consequences - not just to us - both immediate and long term are huge and too horrible to consider.
These consequences need to be foremost in our minds in everything we do and we need to accept that we have responsibilities in our diving that extend way beyond ourselves?
|
Howard, forget the Agency statement. Having only done one a handful of decompression dives myself I agree wholeheartidly with the general statement I have quoted from your post.
I am green having only been in the water this year maybe three times, I personally wouldnt dream of doing anything other than a shallow shore dive or two until I get my own comfort level back, it takes me a while to prepare mentally even for a 30 metre non deco dive, thats still a risky dive to me. (230 odd dives in)
Some of you more experienced guys are probably laughing at that statement but to be honest I I am happy with my own approach.
I have been below 40 metres maybe 6 times in total and never once below 50.
Practice, make use of pools and confined water sites, your life is more important than any bit of spidge.
Davie