Cave Diving is a solo responsibility conducted as a social activity
What does it mean to you?
What this statement means to me is
You are responsible for yourself, your equipment, your environment and your team.
Yourself, - limitations, comfort levels, training and experience, Your ability to handle stress and reactions to emergencies, dependency levels, health (emotional and physical), awareness, your habits, your response to others (buddies if not pure solo diving), risk assessment and acceptance
Your Equipment - is it ready, is it maintained correctly, it is correct for the dive plan at hand, correct redundency, correct gases, correct rigging and accessibility
Your Environment- depth (deep vs shallow), time, climate, water conditions, (overhead vs open water), geographical location, local resources availability
Your Team - Are you pure solo diving (thus yourself), Your family, Friends, Dive Buddies (their experience and training, equipment, comfort and stress levels- all of the same things you would look at in yourself)
What does it mean to you?
What this statement means to me is
You are responsible for yourself, your equipment, your environment and your team.
Yourself, - limitations, comfort levels, training and experience, Your ability to handle stress and reactions to emergencies, dependency levels, health (emotional and physical), awareness, your habits, your response to others (buddies if not pure solo diving), risk assessment and acceptance
Your Equipment - is it ready, is it maintained correctly, it is correct for the dive plan at hand, correct redundency, correct gases, correct rigging and accessibility
Your Environment- depth (deep vs shallow), time, climate, water conditions, (overhead vs open water), geographical location, local resources availability
Your Team - Are you pure solo diving (thus yourself), Your family, Friends, Dive Buddies (their experience and training, equipment, comfort and stress levels- all of the same things you would look at in yourself)