There is an interesting article "On Your Own: The Buddy System
Rebutted" at

http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/aquacorps/survive/nobuddy.htm

What is your experience concerning the buddy/no-buddy issue ?

I,  for  one,  have  been UW both with buddies & alone. Both ways
have pros & cons. However, in my experience, I have found that it
__may__ be better to dive alone than with a "snob" or a "cowboy".
Marine  science  centres  & university faculties are full of such
divers:  people  who  dont  think about what they actually do and
make   even   the   most   simple   UW   operation  as  risky  as
"bomb-squad-busyness" :-)

Any comments ?

Cheers,

       aldo


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