No Your Other Right 
2003 Reader Submission
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My Daughter had just been certified in SCUBA and I took her on her first "blue" water dive in the Bahamas. It was a trip organized by our local dive shop. On the trip were eight new divers who were to do their open water certification over the first day of the trip. That evening we were told all had passed.
The next day we all headed out for a two tank morning boat dive. We were given a dive station and two tanks of air. We were to set up the right one for the first dive and leave the left one for the second dive. One of the new divers was very nervous and consumed his air quickly. So quickly he had to buddy breath back to the boat with the dive master.
We all set up for the next dive, waited the approprate surface time, and hit the water. Within five minutes our new diver had run out of air and again had to buddy breath to the surface.
On the afternoon dives the same situation occured. Within a few minutes of each dive he ran out and had to be rescued. This went on for the next two dives. In all he had run out of air on four concecutive dives!
The next day I watched in horror as our new diver proceeded to set up for his next dive on my daughters empty tank. Because women tend to consume less air, my daughters tank had about 1,200 PSI at the end of any dive (you should never go below 500 PSI on any dive). So not being able to tell his right from his left he always set-up on the wrong tank and always ran out of air. He always had enough air to get down to the deepest point of the dive, but never enough to complete the dive or to get back to the surface.
When we pointed out his error he looked confused and said, "Oh that left" Submitted on 03/26/2002
Submitted by:
Fred L. Goldenberg
Reference:
Personal Story 2001
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