Posted by brianc on April 03, 2001 at 11:14:37:
In Reply to: Re: I was relaying the limited facts available, however, posted by AADIVER on April 03, 2001 at 10:23:54:
I think that we got off on a tangent here by trying to tie this into discussions of solo scuba. I am an advocate of buddy diving. (Sure the float magically appears in place while the instructor is talking with the class on the beach. It disappears the same way. I don't count on the OW class to rescue me when I'm leading a tour...)
My intent was to focus on the problems with inexperienced ab divers. I wouldn't want that message to get diluted. In 13 out of 15 fatalities in the past five years, the divers were found with their weights on.
BTW. There was another near drowning yesterday. The victim was airlifted out. People who have no local ocean experience go out solo ab diving. The guy who died Sunday wasn't even wearing fins!