diving mishaps

[Omicron]

My buddies and I pride ourselves on self-sufficiency. If you can't even start to be mostly self sufficient on land gearing up, how can you expect to be underwater??? All of us will typically say no to help. There are exceptions...like if you get a hose twisted in a really bad spot...but more often than not we'll slip out of our rigs and get it straightened ourselves before asking for help.

I've had some really bad experiences with people being essentially dependent on other people to help them get geared up. I vowed to always strive to be the exact opposite of that.

Plus, I'm very fussy about my gear and the way it gets put on and put away. Other people usually just get in the way - I've got a routine, I can run through it fine...anyone else just causes problems.

My drysuit zipper is finally broken in enough that I can get it started on my own - it's been a couple of months of having to ask for help and it was really bugging me.