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I've seen this a lot,another recent post quoted from a group organising dives which stated minimum entry level of 500 UK dives.If they're not going to take your word for it one must presume that they want to see your log book,after all what proof does one have to say you are who(and what) you claim.
I wonder because as a PADI OW(or something like that)I have not one dive logged.I've done 1 or 2,indeed enough to get qualified and it strikes me that my non-recording of dives could stop me potentialy having a dive in some circumstances.
I'm not saying it's wrong,just that there are many people out here who I bet don't or have'nt logged their dives,what do we do with them? Ask them to start from scratch?We may not know them and this is technicaly the safest thing to do.Having said that Hans Hass did'nt log his dives,neither did old Jaques,at least in the beginning,I wonder what they'd say if we told them that?
We could exclude them,this is also technically a safe thing to do,but is it the best solution for all concerned?
It struck me that really,other than a log(and perhaps a reputation) we don't have any real indication to someone's abilities and experience.Flip side is also,as I say,that just because they don't have a log does'nt make them a non-entity.
I'm not really sure what I'm getting at now!Any thoughts?(On my point,not my apparent onset of dementia!)
I've seen this a lot,another recent post quoted from a group organising dives which stated minimum entry level of 500 UK dives.If they're not going to take your word for it one must presume that they want to see your log book,after all what proof does one have to say you are who(and what) you claim.
I wonder because as a PADI OW(or something like that)I have not one dive logged.I've done 1 or 2,indeed enough to get qualified and it strikes me that my non-recording of dives could stop me potentialy having a dive in some circumstances.
I'm not saying it's wrong,just that there are many people out here who I bet don't or have'nt logged their dives,what do we do with them? Ask them to start from scratch?We may not know them and this is technicaly the safest thing to do.Having said that Hans Hass did'nt log his dives,neither did old Jaques,at least in the beginning,I wonder what they'd say if we told them that?
We could exclude them,this is also technically a safe thing to do,but is it the best solution for all concerned?
It struck me that really,other than a log(and perhaps a reputation) we don't have any real indication to someone's abilities and experience.Flip side is also,as I say,that just because they don't have a log does'nt make them a non-entity.
I'm not really sure what I'm getting at now!Any thoughts?(On my point,not my apparent onset of dementia!)