Bali: Beware
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Very sad....Did they ever find the diver???
Czech diver`s body found. Further news, please refer link below.
http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/9/1/czech-divers-body-found/
http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/9/1/czech-divers-body-found/
So many divers go places and over estimate their abilities. Either they do not want to feel less and show their inexperience, or do not want to hold up the entire group because of their level of experience. There is also a certain level of pressure from either having traveled a long way, or peer pressure to do a certain dive.
The combination of (peer)pressure and inability to correctly gauge ones own experience related to the dive/site at hand proves time and time again to be lethal.
The ops have a certain responsibility to ensure they do not put inexperienced divers in dive beyond their experience. Asking before hand and studying before hand what one can expect is prudent, not only in diving.
But the buck stops with the individual who straps on a tank, puts on fins and a mask and jumps in the water. If a dive ops mentions that a dive is an advanced dive (most often this means 100dives or so, having dove to 100ft) and all divers acknowledge to be there.............the dive op is not, nor should they need to, going to check all logs and conduct pop questions to make sure people are capable. They transport people to a site and advise on what can be expected. If you feel confident, whether justly or not, that this is within your abilities and comfort, you take responsibility for your own actions. Or at least you should.
My 2 Bar.
The combination of (peer)pressure and inability to correctly gauge ones own experience related to the dive/site at hand proves time and time again to be lethal.
The ops have a certain responsibility to ensure they do not put inexperienced divers in dive beyond their experience. Asking before hand and studying before hand what one can expect is prudent, not only in diving.
But the buck stops with the individual who straps on a tank, puts on fins and a mask and jumps in the water. If a dive ops mentions that a dive is an advanced dive (most often this means 100dives or so, having dove to 100ft) and all divers acknowledge to be there.............the dive op is not, nor should they need to, going to check all logs and conduct pop questions to make sure people are capable. They transport people to a site and advise on what can be expected. If you feel confident, whether justly or not, that this is within your abilities and comfort, you take responsibility for your own actions. Or at least you should.
My 2 Bar.
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