As a diver with over 150 dives all over the world using equipment from sites all over the world, I can not imagine how a person can die from faulty equipment. Where was his buddy so he could use his octopus or buddy breathe? Even if the equipment was faulty, this is a very basic error and at least two people are to blame – and negligence is a danger both on land and in water. Much sadness for his family.
I am a NAUI instructor, with 17 years of experience and almost 400 students certified, and I have not- and will never- certify a new scuba diver before they have first completed several hours of repetitive practice in the pool… in a course that is spread out over 3-4 weeks… in order that both muscle and long-term memory take good effect. I make them recover their regulators and flood-and-clear their masks until they are, literally, blue in the face (pun intended).
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As a diver with over 150 dives all over the world using equipment from sites all over the world, I can not imagine how a person can die from faulty equipment. Where was his buddy so he could use his octopus or buddy breathe? Even if the equipment was faulty, this is a very basic error and at least two people are to blame – and negligence is a danger both on land and in water. Much sadness for his family.
I am a NAUI instructor, with 17 years of experience and almost 400 students certified, and I have not- and will never- certify a new scuba diver before they have first completed several hours of repetitive practice in the pool… in a course that is spread out over 3-4 weeks… in order that both muscle and long-term memory take good effect. I make them recover their regulators and flood-and-clear their masks until they are, literally, blue in the face (pun intended).