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Why Now?
Because Sharing air is NOT the
Solution!
For many years the standard response
to "out of air emergencies" was to "share air" but THAT HAS CHANGED! Read
the following articles from leading dive magazines to see WHY that is NO
longer the RIGHT answer!
Dive
Training, July 2002
Air Sharing and Out-of-Air Emergencies by Lynn Laymon
"Sharing air is a safe and feasible alternative when both the donor
and recipient are trained, proficient and practiced…and the donor has
plenty of air to share. However, this is seldom the case. Many experienced
divers would rather risk their lives making a solo emergency ascent than
share air with someone they don't know or have little confidence in. And
don't expect to find every diver willing to share air with you, especially
if he is not your buddy and doesn't know you. Diving accident statistics
reveal a sobering fact about cases in which one diver runs out of air and
seeks help from another diver. If one diver dies, both divers often die.
Sharing air is serious business."
Rodale's
Scuba Diving, September 2000
Gearing Up for Going Down
"If you run out of air at depth you'll be glad your buddy's octopus
is a high-performance regulator. It is, isn't it? In reality, your buddy
is probably low on air too, and his octopus won't do you much good. That's
why many deep divers use a completely redundant air source - a pony bottle
and regulator or Spare Air."
Rodale's
Scuba Diving, November/December 1998
Solo Diving Facts and Fears by John Francis
"The buddy system can foster a false sense of security. Being a buddy
does entail the responsibility to attempt rescue, perhaps at danger to
yourself. The co-dependent diver syndrome is, in fact, one of the
strongest objections to the buddy system. No one intends it, but the buddy
system can foster the dangerous idea that somebody else knows better and
will take care of you."
Dive
Training, October 2000
Waiting
to Inhale by Robert Rossier
"Regardless of whom you're diving with, real friends may be hard to
find when you're out of air at 100 feet."
Scuba
Times, May/June 1994
Running on Empty by Bret Gilliam
"Sadly the record of double fatalities for divers engaged in buddy
breathing is disproportionately high."
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Last
but certainly not least:
Over 207,000 pieces of life support equipment have been recalled in the
last 25 years. Of those, 181,000 have been since 1995, and in the last 2
years alone, there have been 60,000 pieces of equipment recalled.
(Source:
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.)
Has any of your SCUBA equipment been
recalled? Check out our SCUBA
Equipment Recall List
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