Osric
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I predict that someday you will look back at your todays' self and laugh.
May he be so lucky.
Osric
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I predict that someday you will look back at your todays' self and laugh.
As an Airborne infantryman, would you recommend that a raw recruit after a few days training be tossed out of an airplane into a combat situation? It is one thing to feel "in control" while diving in controlled, safe conditions when nothing goes awry, but it is quite another to react quickly and correctly when things go pear shaped. When diving in general, but especially in an overhead environment, if something goes wrong you only have a couple of minutes to get back in the green and you have to do the right thing right now or you are dead. As others have said, taking an AOW course with virtually no experience diving in no way makes you an advanced diver. Experience is the only thing that can do that.HA! I believe this comes from my past experience as an Airborne Infantryman, we tend to be a bit cocky at times. With that said and in my extremely limited experience, I have always felt in control while diving. While I understand that SCUBA is not something that can be conquered in a weekend, or even in a lifetime for most, I believe that my ability to preform basic underwater skills such as bouncy control, the regulation of my breathing, and knowledge of my own personal gear allows me to preform at a level that meets or exceeds the standards set by most diving organizations. I'm always open to improving myself and my abilities and right now I feel that I'm in a position to do just that with my upcoming vacation.
I think the cenotes have a safer record overall, with their 4 divers max per guide - usually shallow dives, no current. Brad does not expect to have 20 dives logged by the time he gets there tho. I don't think he has mentioned any night dive experiences...?I'm just curious, because I have never heard a statistic. Can anyone tell me how many people per year die inside cenotes in Mexico? I'm not talking about people who go off into the cave system, just people on guided tours inside the cenotes. I'm curious how it compares to the amount of people who die doing ocean dives.
May he be so lucky.
Osric
I'm just curious, because I have never heard a statistic. Can anyone tell me how many people per year die inside cenotes in Mexico? I'm not talking about people who go off into the cave system, just people on guided tours inside the cenotes. I'm curious how it compares to the amount of people who die doing ocean dives.
I'm just curious, because I have never heard a statistic. Can anyone tell me how many people per year die inside cenotes in Mexico? I'm not talking about people who go off into the cave system, just people on guided tours inside the cenotes. I'm curious how it compares to the amount of people who die doing ocean dives.
Oh come on. Scuba diving is hardly a death-defying high risk activity, every day thousands and thousands of new and novice divers somehow emerge from the water with their lives intact.