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Hi guys,
I believe this could start a bit of an arguement but i'm just wondering what people think.
I've just got back from Stoney (again! 3rd week running
) and yet again the boat went out to divers in trouble, twice this week though, both false alarms luckily. But it makes me think that people aren't aware of the extra demands on them when diving in cold water.
I see week in, week out loads of free flows happening, and i don't see why so many should happen. Yes i know its cold water and this increases the chances of a free flow, but there are little things you can do to help prevent it. ie dont purge regs before going in the water.
I saw a guy bobbing on the surface after just jumping in and got a freeflow on his octopus, but he stop there holding the freeflowing reg with a "whats going on here" look slapped across his face, and doing nothing about it, mainly becasue he hadn't been shown what to do.
If people are going to dive in cold water, or even do training in cold water maybe the little things and the extra bit of training can help stop causing problems which can only lead to bigger problems, we've all seen/heard of the incident pit but it's a harsh reality.
Cheers,
Tim
Hi guys,
I believe this could start a bit of an arguement but i'm just wondering what people think.
I've just got back from Stoney (again! 3rd week running
I see week in, week out loads of free flows happening, and i don't see why so many should happen. Yes i know its cold water and this increases the chances of a free flow, but there are little things you can do to help prevent it. ie dont purge regs before going in the water.
I saw a guy bobbing on the surface after just jumping in and got a freeflow on his octopus, but he stop there holding the freeflowing reg with a "whats going on here" look slapped across his face, and doing nothing about it, mainly becasue he hadn't been shown what to do.
If people are going to dive in cold water, or even do training in cold water maybe the little things and the extra bit of training can help stop causing problems which can only lead to bigger problems, we've all seen/heard of the incident pit but it's a harsh reality.
Cheers,
Tim