Solo Diving

[Mark Vlahos]

... Maybe solo is the better way to go from a legal point of view... Bill

I for one don't want to have my diving practices dictated by a lawyer!

I choose to dive with a buddy because I prefer it that way. If I or my buddy makes a mistake we will live or die based on how we deal with that mistake. I can think of two particular instances in my cave diving where the team I was on went down the wrong passage, or went the wrong way in the right passage. In one case my buddy was in the lead, and I pointed out the error. In the other instance our roles were reversed. In both cases I was glad to be diving as part of a thinking team of divers, each instance was pointed out and resolved within seconds of the error. Solo wouldn't have resolved the problem, and neither would a lawyer.

Mark Vlahos

[wingman]

I for one don't want to have my diving practices dictated by a lawyer!

I choose to dive with a buddy because I prefer it that way. If I or my buddy makes a mistake we will live or die based on how we deal with that mistake. I can think of two particular instances in my cave diving where the team I was on went down the wrong passage, or went the wrong way in the right passage. In one case my buddy was in the lead, and I pointed out the error. In the other instance our roles were reversed. In both cases I was glad to be diving as part of a thinking team of divers, each instance was pointed out and resolved within seconds of the error. Solo wouldn't have resolved the problem, and neither would a lawyer.Mark Vlahos

We all have our preferences....it's the courts and existing case law that i am concerned with....like it or not you accept a duty to another everytime you enter into a buddy agreement and it is not your buddy that you would deal with in the aftermath. I do not have a good understanding of these issues and was hoping that others here might. Bill

[Marc Bryan]

I for one don't want to have my diving practices dictated by a lawyer!


Mark Vlahos

They are, whether you know it or not.

There are few exceptions. One would be diving offshore, alone, off your own boat. And I am sure even then the "right" attorney could still make your life hell for a year or two....

[Sludge]

Whenever I cave dive solo my lawyer makes me text her after I suit up and then again after I get out of the water.

[Shocky]

Check out what happened in the Key's this past weekend, as an example.

[Sludge]

Check out what happened in the Key's this past weekend, as an example.

???

[JerseyJersey]

diver and buddy drowned...... sad

the news article says diver couldnt drop his wieghts.... seems like there has to be bit more to it. 3 divers in the water and not one or both could pull him and his weights to the surface?

[JerseyJersey]

or the hooka incident off east coast where diver drowned in 25 fsw and was brought to shore by lifeguards on the beach.

[Shocky]

In grief, family's want to place blame. Last on the list is the victim!

[Marc Bryan]

Whenever I cave dive solo my lawyer makes me text her after I suit up and then again after I get out of the water.

So does my doctor......