Sas
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There's nothing wrong with just the tip.
I'm not falling for that line again.
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There's nothing wrong with just the tip.
And my eyes about popped out of my head when I saw someone fingertip the reef to stay off of it.
As mentioned earlier, it happens. Even to the best divers. An isolated incident done with the care of a fingertip, doesn't concern me much. For it to be a common occurrence, escalates that a bit, at least to me.
So where is the line? How much is too much? I don't know. For myself, once is a failure if I'm touching anything that may cause harm (to me or it), or stir up silt.
...I took a class with a famous marine biologist who spent much of the class room time telling us not to touch the reef and how bad it was to do so then when we went out to dive , it was hard to keep track of all the things this person touched, moved, and disturbed but I guess that is their life and I am just an observer.