> On  Monday, June 14, 2004 6:26 PM, Andy M Johnson wrote:
>
> (snip)
>
> > Reverse profiles are not often done simply because you get better profiles
> > (i.e. longer or deeper) by not doing them. Medical wisdom isn't really the
> > influence, it's common sense to do the better profile.
>
> You've got a beter understanding of the mechanics of decompression than me,
> then!  :-))
>
> >However, as reverse
> > profiles are not regularly done there is very little information about
> > them.
> > But the one thing that always gets my goat is the DM who will insist that
> > you make the first dive deeper so that you do not
> > do a reverse profile, I can't see the point.
>
> It's legal protection for the Instructor/DM/Dive Supervisor etc. etc.  i.e.
> as long as the 'rule books' say reverse profiles are bad - regardless of
> suspicion that they may not be - then the DM (or whoever's running the dive)
> has an obligation to follow the standard wisdom in order to protect
> themselves.  :-)
>
> In that regard, I've never had a problem - in the past, or now - if
> necessary I just lie to them in order for them to fulfill their
> requirements.  I never, ever, argue with them!  They're doing their job to
> the best of their ability.  Some of them may not be as seemingly smart as
> the rest of us, but if they're good at what they do then it's incumbent on
> those of us who dive for recreation to listen to their teachings - not
> condemn them for following procedures designed to protect them from the
> fallout when things turn to shit!!  :-)
>
> Strike

That's my policy.  I don't argue anymore, I just lie.  My favorite charter (which unfortunately has been sold due to a divorce) would ask at the end of each dive how much air you had left, & your depth.  Since they knew me (or thought they did) they never checked my guages, so I would tell them what they wanted to hear.
Just like I stopped arguing that my pony bottle was my buddy.  So I'd hook up with at buddy team, then agree with them in advance that if I happened to 'drift' away from them they shouldn't worry about me.  Not that I would recommend this practice to anyone else, and I only did it at dive sites I was familiar with.
I also did it cuz' I was usually a lone diver on the charter, and they would try to team me up with a less experienced diver to sheperd around.  Not that I'm opposed to that, just not all the damn time.
Back on topic, reverse profiles, yep I've done more than a few...why is that wrong? <g>
Ed