On Feb 25, 2:16*pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message

Part of your responsibility is to choose a buddy responsibly not just hope
for a responsible.

INteresting...... so:

1) I must have a buddy
2) it my responsibility to chose a "responsible and skilled buddy"

Does that mean I must find a person with similar skills... abilities
as myself????? Humm, now where would I find some one like that?????

There is one thing I need to know. You say, ".....Diving a lone is
much more dangerous over all...."

To that I must ask WHY??? And are are saying that diving with a buddy
over all out weighs the hazards?
If that is the case why use SCUBA at all??? I say SCUBA is flawed and
extramily unsafe compared to surface supplied with a topside crew
including recomression chamber and operator... Oh, and also including
02 treatment tables to dept of releaf. So should I just avoid SCUBA
altogether because it simply an unsafe method to put a diver to
depth???

Bob



You don't start off with a challenging dive with a new
buddy. Diving a lone is much more dangerous over all.

Same is true for long-distance sailing. You don't choose whomever shows at
the dock for something like that. I teach novice sailors, so you don't have
much choice for day sailing. But, you do have a choice otherwise. I single
hand my sailboat quite a bit. It's not because finding a sailing buddy would
be dangerous. It's just not convenient necessarily.

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"j" ganz