Deefstes
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Some discussion in another thread prompted this question. I can understand that it is none of my business to tamper with another diver's gear and I would be furious if someone tampered with mine. But are there perhaps circumstances where it is acceptable?
Example:
On a recent dive I saw another diver making a sudden ascent. She was head down and finning furiously. Another diver beat me to her and took her by the hand to start dragging her down. I could see that her BC was noticeably inflated so when I got to them I immediately grabbed her kidney purge valve and purged some air from the BC. This seemed to rectify the buoyancy-gone-wrong problem and they both returned to the reef where she fiddled a little until it seemed she was comfortable again.
I'm not sure if she accidentally inflated her BC and I should actually have asked afterward but forgot. She did thank us both after the dive for helping her out.
Anyways, my question is, would any of you have frowned upon such action? I mean me purging air from her BC? She was trying to purge from her shoulder purge valve but seeing as she was head down that obviously had no effect. Should I rather have indicated to her to rather purge from the kidney valve? That certainly would have taken longer so I decided to simply purge some air myself.
Your thoughts?
Example:
On a recent dive I saw another diver making a sudden ascent. She was head down and finning furiously. Another diver beat me to her and took her by the hand to start dragging her down. I could see that her BC was noticeably inflated so when I got to them I immediately grabbed her kidney purge valve and purged some air from the BC. This seemed to rectify the buoyancy-gone-wrong problem and they both returned to the reef where she fiddled a little until it seemed she was comfortable again.
I'm not sure if she accidentally inflated her BC and I should actually have asked afterward but forgot. She did thank us both after the dive for helping her out.
Anyways, my question is, would any of you have frowned upon such action? I mean me purging air from her BC? She was trying to purge from her shoulder purge valve but seeing as she was head down that obviously had no effect. Should I rather have indicated to her to rather purge from the kidney valve? That certainly would have taken longer so I decided to simply purge some air myself.
Your thoughts?