Keeping the situation calm
Mike,
Thought I’d pass along my first dive trip wearing the LifeLine you sent me. Went out last week to Nassau with a small group and the weather was borderline at best. There was about fourteen folks on the boat in addition to my group of four. They all asked about the LifeLine and of course me being me, I took them all through it. I got the reaction that I expected. Great device for Cocos or Galapagos but sure didn’t need it in Nassau.
On the second dive of the second day, our group was allowed to go off the wall while the rest of the less experienced divers stayed on a wreck up top. When we got to the wall the current increased dramatically so we turned into the current and went up the wall as best we could until we got to the end of the reef where it turned to sand. We turned to go over the reef and back to the boat when the already strong current went to a unmanageable current. There was no way to battle the current and no matter how hard you kicked the best you could do was maintain your position. Being in about 50 foot of water I knew that we would have to go up to do our safety stop and would be taken out to sea away from the boat.
Normally the situation would have put a great deal of concern on what to expect. I knew that if that LifeLine had not been with me, I would have been dealing with stress that could have turned to panic, if not for me for someone in my group. However, I knew that no matter where we surfaced we had no problem. It gave me the focus to concentrate on keeping the situation calm. Unlike all the other folks on the boat, I never had a concern that everything was anything but just fine!
Thanks again for sending it to me. All the other divers on that boat understand why having LifeLine with them no matter where they are diving was something they should have!
All the best,
