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How much danger am I in?

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Should Gordon continue to train like this?

  • Are you mad? Never, EVER, train or snorkel without a partner!

    Votes: 7 15.6%
  • Until you REALLY know your limitations, stay on the surface buddy!

    Votes: 14 31.1%
  • Get a buddy if you're looking for a new PB, but otherwise it's okay.

    Votes: 15 33.3%
  • Don't be a baby, do what you want to do, it's a free world, free dive.

    Votes: 4 8.9%
  • When your time comes, it's here, in the shower, in the pool or the car... deal with it.

    Votes: 5 11.1%

  • Total voters
    45
I have also blacked out well within my limits and once had a bad samba from 16m - but if I am honest on both occasions I was very tired and run down from working a long stint so I guess you really need to be honest about what is pushing yourself on a particular day - it may be close to your PB on a day that you are feeling healthy and strong but on a day when you are tired, or ill, or hungry or its winter and you haven't been keeping that fit - it might be a lot less. Now I would say to everyone to never train alone. And a swimming pool lifeguard or anyone else does not count as a buddy unless he is within an arms reach of you and entirely understands what you are doing.
 
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