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I notice school funding votes. The school board wants a football stadium, even though the school has no team. Build it and they will come. The taxpayers reply, no, you may not have a stadium, for if you build it and they come, then we shall have to pay for them, too. The vote is no. The folks who want this stadium ask again. the answer is still no. The third time the stadium builders ask, the vote is closer, but still no. The stadium builders are now heartened, because they will soon get permission to build their stadium, perhaps not on the 4th vote, or the 5th vote, but surely by the 6th vote, we'll be getting permission to build this stadium that the taxpayers have said 5 times that they don't want.
The parallels of this thread is that the OP wants permission to dive in swim-throughs. He wants this without overhead training. I think we're on the third thread. Like a child negotiating for a toy or a snack his mother denied him, he is setting conditions that may or may not be realistic, but they are his very limited conditions anyway.
Like a child who wants the toy his mother said no to, the negotiations will take place as long as the child thinks he can wear mom down. It will start with promises to only use the toy between the hours of 2 and 4 on Saturday afternoons, then promises to only look at it on the nightstand, then promises to have it but not use it until the 18th birthday, and the promises and negotiating tactics become silly.
We're at silly.
As I said in another thread, do anything you feel comfortable doing. There are no scuba police to stop you. Be sure to set it up so that no one gets hurt looking for your corpse, and if you have loved ones, be sure you care for them if anything untoward should happen to you. That applies to all diving, BTW, and in life in general. If someone is relying on you for something, make sure that if you aren't there to do what they are relying on you to do, make arrangements to have someone else take care of business for you.
The parallels of this thread is that the OP wants permission to dive in swim-throughs. He wants this without overhead training. I think we're on the third thread. Like a child negotiating for a toy or a snack his mother denied him, he is setting conditions that may or may not be realistic, but they are his very limited conditions anyway.
Assuming:
- There is only one clear path and no chance of getting lost;
- The floor is course sand that won't silt even with a group of divers swimming through the cavern;
- It is so spacious that many divers can pass through at the same time;
- The cavern has multiple large entries and exits; and
- It is well illuminated.
What are the risks of diving in these "caverns"? What could go wrong?
Like a child who wants the toy his mother said no to, the negotiations will take place as long as the child thinks he can wear mom down. It will start with promises to only use the toy between the hours of 2 and 4 on Saturday afternoons, then promises to only look at it on the nightstand, then promises to have it but not use it until the 18th birthday, and the promises and negotiating tactics become silly.
We're at silly.
As I said in another thread, do anything you feel comfortable doing. There are no scuba police to stop you. Be sure to set it up so that no one gets hurt looking for your corpse, and if you have loved ones, be sure you care for them if anything untoward should happen to you. That applies to all diving, BTW, and in life in general. If someone is relying on you for something, make sure that if you aren't there to do what they are relying on you to do, make arrangements to have someone else take care of business for you.