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All,
Firstly hello from me.
In at the deep end with my first post.
Although I have been lurking around in the background for a while I have not made any posts untill now. My reason for my first post is that of the events of the past weekend where I witnessed the rescue of a fellow diver which did not result in a happy ending. That said the rescue both by the Stoney Cove rescue team and that of Digger was "text Book". As we all know this does not guarantee a happy outcome.
I have stood back from the numerious posts about the weekend and that of the pony argument and have thought that we all need to STOP! THINK and ACT.
I feel that I can write comfortably about saftey and rescues having taken part in a previous rescue at Stoney Cove.
As a frequent user of the Cove I have watched many times as the boat head out into the cove to recover a diver.
For me the events of Satuday brought back many memories.
Uncomfortable memories. Despite trying my utmost in the rescue that I took part in the diver that we attempted to rescue passed away.
I did not know him as he was not part of our diving party but non the less he remains in my thoughts.
As a result of this rescue. I have attempted to pass on my experiance as both a diver and instructor to divers that I meet. As I have grown up I have listened to many of my elders and have taken the benefit of their experiance.
Not everything I have heard is relevant or of use. In my own opinion going to allow me to develope in life but there have been some reall snippets that have been of real benefit.
As a result of this rescue and my own healing process I set up www.divefun.co.uk
The reason for this was that post rescue it was discovered that both the divers were OW level and that they buddy was not in a position to help his fellow diver. To this end as part of Divefun we started running small groups where divers with more experiance take new / ish divers under their wing.
During these dives we help them to gain further experiance in areas such as SMB deployment, General Diving Skills.
We carry our own O2 kit and First aid and all sea trips that we run have O2 and First Aid. http://www.divefun.co.uk/reports/why_stoney.asp
My point is this.
The majority of active UK divers irrespective of agency have a vast level of knowledge. Hints and tips that they can share. Situations that they have found themselves in and been able to recover from.
Why not use this forum to share what you all know.
The message to new divers that read this forum is that diving is FUN and can be safe as crossing the road if you dive within your limits.
You get good and bad divers in all certifying agancies Yes PADI, BSAC etc. You will only ever be as good as your instructor and your willing to learn from both your own and the experiance of others.
I love diving and it has provided me with some great highes and lows.
Just my thoughts for what it is worth.
So I will start.
Just started to dive in a dry suit. Discovered that in the suit that I was wearing which was a shoulder dump that air vented better when I move the dump further round from my shoulder. This combined with adjusting the level of air in my suit before I reached the 12-14m depth range on my accent from a dive.
What tips do you have?
All,
Firstly hello from me.
In at the deep end with my first post.
Although I have been lurking around in the background for a while I have not made any posts untill now. My reason for my first post is that of the events of the past weekend where I witnessed the rescue of a fellow diver which did not result in a happy ending. That said the rescue both by the Stoney Cove rescue team and that of Digger was "text Book". As we all know this does not guarantee a happy outcome.
I have stood back from the numerious posts about the weekend and that of the pony argument and have thought that we all need to STOP! THINK and ACT.
I feel that I can write comfortably about saftey and rescues having taken part in a previous rescue at Stoney Cove.
As a frequent user of the Cove I have watched many times as the boat head out into the cove to recover a diver.
For me the events of Satuday brought back many memories.
Uncomfortable memories. Despite trying my utmost in the rescue that I took part in the diver that we attempted to rescue passed away.
I did not know him as he was not part of our diving party but non the less he remains in my thoughts.
As a result of this rescue. I have attempted to pass on my experiance as both a diver and instructor to divers that I meet. As I have grown up I have listened to many of my elders and have taken the benefit of their experiance.
Not everything I have heard is relevant or of use. In my own opinion going to allow me to develope in life but there have been some reall snippets that have been of real benefit.
As a result of this rescue and my own healing process I set up www.divefun.co.uk
The reason for this was that post rescue it was discovered that both the divers were OW level and that they buddy was not in a position to help his fellow diver. To this end as part of Divefun we started running small groups where divers with more experiance take new / ish divers under their wing.
During these dives we help them to gain further experiance in areas such as SMB deployment, General Diving Skills.
We carry our own O2 kit and First aid and all sea trips that we run have O2 and First Aid. http://www.divefun.co.uk/reports/why_stoney.asp
My point is this.
The majority of active UK divers irrespective of agency have a vast level of knowledge. Hints and tips that they can share. Situations that they have found themselves in and been able to recover from.
Why not use this forum to share what you all know.
The message to new divers that read this forum is that diving is FUN and can be safe as crossing the road if you dive within your limits.
You get good and bad divers in all certifying agancies Yes PADI, BSAC etc. You will only ever be as good as your instructor and your willing to learn from both your own and the experiance of others.
I love diving and it has provided me with some great highes and lows.
Just my thoughts for what it is worth.
So I will start.
Just started to dive in a dry suit. Discovered that in the suit that I was wearing which was a shoulder dump that air vented better when I move the dump further round from my shoulder. This combined with adjusting the level of air in my suit before I reached the 12-14m depth range on my accent from a dive.
What tips do you have?