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Dody
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I have the feeling that some people believe that if your training was top notch and that you thoroughly follow it and you are Superman who never makes a mistake, nothing will happen to you. Well, this is not my state of mind. I love diving but being underwater is not natural for a human being. So, I am looking at all ways to prevent any issues in the future. I even plan to do tech training to be better prepared while I don't want to do tech diving (I won't dive if I don't have a direct access to the surface, I won't dive below 40 meters and I plan my dives conservatively to avoid deco).
Let me give you an example. I was almost knocked out 3 times in my life... at the surface. I was down lying on my back trying to get my senses back. Without too much details, the protocol was: 1) Breath. 2) Open your eyes. 3) Check your ability to move your limbs. 4) Try to assess for other damage. 5) Take your time... But this is on earth. Underwater is an alien world for humans no matter how comfortable we are swimming, snorkeling or diving. So, as long I will dive, I will try to improve, to learn more and I will ask stupid questions
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Let me give you an example. I was almost knocked out 3 times in my life... at the surface. I was down lying on my back trying to get my senses back. Without too much details, the protocol was: 1) Breath. 2) Open your eyes. 3) Check your ability to move your limbs. 4) Try to assess for other damage. 5) Take your time... But this is on earth. Underwater is an alien world for humans no matter how comfortable we are swimming, snorkeling or diving. So, as long I will dive, I will try to improve, to learn more and I will ask stupid questions
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It means that I will test horizontally for now. Even if it is not perfect.
If you dive long enough eventually you will be challenged in some way. This was an equipment issues that I should have caught before splashing but didn’t.I have the feeling that some people believe that if your training was top notch and that you thoroughly follow it and you are Superman who never makes a mistake, nothing will happen to you. Well, this is not my state of mind. I love diving but being underwater is not natural for a human being. So, I am looking at all ways to prevent any issues in the future. I even plan to do tech training to be better prepared while I don't want to do tech diving (I won't dive if I don't have a direct access to the surface, I won't dive below 40 meters and I plan my dives conservatively to avoid deco).
Let me give you an example. I was almost knocked out 3 times in my life... at the surface. I was down lying on my back trying to get my senses back. Without too much details, the protocol was: 1) Breath. 2) Open your eyes. 3) Check your ability to move your limbs. 4) Try to assess for other damage. 5) Take your time... But this is on earth. Underwater is an alien world for humans no matter how comfortable we are swimming, snorkeling or diving. So, as long I will dive, I will try to improve, to learn more and I will ask stupid questions
So who’s ever brought up their second stage in a lobster bag?
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Thanks for sharing. It must not have been fun. I did not understand everything as I don't know what a swivel is (I hope that I don't have an equipment that I don't know about). I have one question though: once, I folded a hose to stop a free flow but it did not work (it was a test not real situation). The flow out was still strong. Is there a specific way to do it?
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Probably good advice, but of course a CESA on scuba I figure is somewhat different. Reg in the mouth for one thing, dealing with ascending with weights another, etc.
I think that if you follow the simple rules and do everything correctly, doing it on scuba is how you should practice it since you are diving on scuba.
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With your approach it doesn't sound likely you will become a "statistic" due to procedure failure.I have the feeling that some people believe that if your training was top notch and that you thoroughly follow it and you are Superman who never makes a mistake, nothing will happen to you. Well, this is not my state of mind. I love diving but being underwater is not natural for a human being. So, I am looking at all ways to prevent any issues in the future. I even plan to do tech training to be better prepared while I don't want to do tech diving (I won't dive if I don't have a direct access to the surface, I won't dive below 40 meters and I plan my dives conservatively to avoid deco).
Let me give you an example. I was almost knocked out 3 times in my life... at the surface. I was down lying on my back trying to get my senses back. Without too much details, the protocol was: 1) Breath. 2) Open your eyes. 3) Check your ability to move your limbs. 4) Try to assess for other damage. 5) Take your time... But this is on earth. Underwater is an alien world for humans no matter how comfortable we are swimming, snorkeling or diving. So, as long I will dive, I will try to improve, to learn more and I will ask stupid questions
We all set personal limits or "rules". You've mentioned a couple. Similar to my general rule of no deeper than 30' (10 meters) when solo.
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