MikeFerrara once bubbled...
Perhaps I should of said we have them squared away until they are not
Hind sight is 20-20.
We don't want folks to get the wrong idea and think that stuff just happens so there is no need to mitigate the posibility with foresight. I mean if Mike is all squared away and it happened to him anyway... then why should I even try to keep it from happening... just deal with it when it does.
It sounded like you were saying that the points I outlined (an abreviated list at that) were not the issue as they were all squared away... when in fact they were
the issue and hindsight shows us that... that is why we need to use hindsight.
Anyway... revisting your post with my points 2, 3, 4 in mind would be helpful to demonstrate to those reading this thread what 20/20 hindsight shows us and perhaps enable us to improve our foresight.
So taking them one at a time:
*How situationally aware you are.*
At what point should you have called the dive?
*How well you watch your buddy & vice versa.*
At what point should you have called the dive?
*Where you plan your dives.*
Should you have called the dive at this location before it started?
Don't go defensive on me here... this is about gaining foresight from hindsight.... I admire you for the way you were able to handle the situation... scares me though
I am sure that you are a much better diver than I am... and I have never been in a cavern much less a cave.