You're not feeling well; you paid a fortune for this vacation; your spouse / BFF is your dive buddy . . . You KNOW you shouldn't dive . . . but . . . .
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When to call a dive: the definitive guideline to no-fault bailout
. . . one item that has probably helped the diving community at large avoid more mishaps than any other is what originally was called the “Cave Diver’s Credo,” also known as thumbing a dive or the preferred, no-fault bailout. You may see it written in textbooks as: ANY DIVER can call ANY DIVE for ANY REASON at ANY TIME without fear of REPROACH or RETRIBUTION.
This phrase may strike you very differently, but to me it sounds a little as though it was written by a legal assistant trying to win brownie points. The parking lot version goes along the lines of: “Any time during our dive you ain’t comfy, y’all thumb the dive! We can go drink beer instead… I got no problem with that at all!”
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When to call a dive: the definitive guideline to no-fault bailout