Why Not a Physical Fitness Test?

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While a dive operator can usually accommodate a diver with a bad back or a bum knee, those with no aerobic capacity are another story; they're not only threats to themselves, but also can put real dampers on another diver's trip.

As Mary Wicksten (Bryan, TX) told Undercurrent, "I've seen two instances in which a group of divers lost up to half of their dive time because they had to quit early because a clearly obese diver, panting from exertion, had to go to the surface out of air! No refund, no alternative dives for the rest of us."...

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