I'm leaving tomorrow for a week but I wanted to get this discussion in the
forefront of everyone's thinking before the upcoming holiday weekend. We
have been having a really bad year this year, the death toll is mounting and
sadly there have been a disproportionate amount of deaths attributable to
solo diver's.

Here in So. Calif. alone we have had 7 deaths this year from solo diver's.
When things are calm we hear from the usual crowd about personal freedoms
and the like. But when the death toll mounts the silence becomes deafening
from this same crowd.

While the last thing I want to do is trample on anyone's grave, the last
remaining contribution any of these diver's can leave us with is that we can
learn and share from there experiences.

How many of the deceased do you think would solo if given the choice
again??? I'm clearly not saying that everyone of them would have lived if
they had a buddy, but for certain I few that I know the facts would have.

Be careful this weekend guys!!!!!

later