Cave accident article

[allen]

I am dumbfounded! A diver took only 1 light into a cave! I thought all of us carry at least 3. If you include the Mini-Q40's on my masks, I carry 5. Even in an open water, most night divers carry 2 or 3. In the real event, he may have experienced 3 light failures; I did on my third open water night dive.

[deanme]

I am a minimalist and prefer to keep it simple. I don’t take any pressure gages. I prefer to measure pressure by weight of the tank. Without the pressure gages, I reduce failure points and am more streamlined. I also don’t carry two backup lights. My primary light is guaranteed for one year.

[Oceanus]

First, please know that SDM is a competitor to my interests. That said...

It is my understanding that SDM under the new publisher, Bonnier Corp, no longer has the budget to run investigations and may even use fictitious scenarios in order to illustrate a point. I don't think this is so bad if it helps safe a life.

If anyone is interested the original/previous author of Lessons for Life, Mike Ange, and I have recently created a new online site for the Lessons franchise and other Scuba articles.

http://www.Seaduction.com

I do not wish to highjack the thread so please PM me with any issues related to the site. Thanks, Bill

[deepdiverbob]

First, please know that SDM is a competitor to my interests. That said...

It is my understanding that SDM under the new publisher, Bonnier Corp, no longer has the budget to run investigations and may even use fictitious scenarios in order to illustrate a point. I don't think this is so bad if it helps safe a life.

Thanks, Bill

I agree, but I think it should also be noted if it is not a factual story, or even if some names of actions have changed slightly.

[Sludge]

I just read this piece of garbage. My guess is it is a piece of fiction written by someone who knows virtually nothing about cave diving, but once spent some time at Ginnie listening to some cave divers sitting around a picnic table talking.