What is tec diving?

[highflowdiver]

It's useful if you are both using the same definition and your definition is that limited. Most defintions are not so limited and almost everyone includes cave, wreck penetration and deco in their definitions with or without a change in gasses/regulators. If you are talking with most folks and they use the term, it will be worse than useless to you, it will be misleading as almost no one uses your definition.

Everyone seems to have their own definition for the
word. That certainly IS useless. There is those that
have decided to make the word useFUL. The definition
I have cited is very useful and to the point. The person
that came up with this definition was at conference of
other pros in the field and they all concurred it to be the
best. I agree.
Instead of just some vague term that is
only of use for marketing ploys it now is useful to those
out doing the activity. The definition is clear, concise,
and to the point. There is no guessing. Now isn't that
nice? But, alas, just like the term, 'recreational cave
diver', most will object to it because it takes away their
thought of being the macho 'cave explorer'.
Some folks want to think of themselves as tech divers
because they dive dry. Some want to think of themselves
as tech divers because they dive doubles. Some want to
think they are tech divers because they dive deeper than
130 ft. Not so. sorry. If your dive requires multiple gases
and stage switches,, it is technical.
Kal

 

[Meng_Tze]

If your dive requires multiple gases
and stage switches,, it is technical.
Kal

By that definition a rebreather dive only becomes a technical dive when the diver bails out......................:blinking: Never mind where the dive is conducted.

 

[Blackwood]

By that definition a rebreather dive only becomes a technical dive when the diver bails out

My thoughts exactly.

I'm all for simple, formal definitions. But the one HighFlow suggested is at best inadequate.

I don't think this is a term that needs defining.

 

[highflowdiver]

By that definition a rebreather dive only becomes a technical dive when the diver bails out......................:blinking: Never mind where the dive is conducted.

A rebreather diver is a 'pilot'. That is a whole
nuther kettle of fish.
Kal

 

[Meng_Tze]

A rebreather diver is a 'pilot'. That is a whole
nuther kettle of fish.
Kal

Ah I see..........how could I have missed that?

 

[highflowdiver]

A closed RB changes pp02 during the dive.
Definately technical. RB pilot is ready and
prepared to go OC at all times.
Kal

 

[AbyssalPlains]

I did not say they did, it's taken from a complete article about my adventures into technical diving from a novice perspective at the time.

Novices don't venture into technical diving. It's an oxymoron. It's like saying, "...The adventures of an intern fresh out of med school into the adventures of brain surgery."

You're either a novice or a technical diver. Can't be both at the same time.

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something, in which case I apologize.

 

[AbyssalPlains]

A rebreather diver is a 'pilot'. That is a whole
nuther kettle of fish.
Kal

Why, exactly, is a rebreather diver a pilot?

Is it because a rebreather has wings, jet engines, or looks like a submarine?

 

[4sak3n]

Technical diving is a dive that requires more than one
gas and a regulator switch to complete the dive.

Kal

Changing ppO2 != regulator switch.

You freely admit that rebreather diving is tech but your definition also excludes it. You contradict yourself.

 

[ucfdiver]

You know the term recreational cave diving? It is used a
lot now.
It does not matter if a person is formaly trained
or not. If a diver is required to use more than one gas and
must switch regulators to complete the dive, it is a tech
dive. Let's hope formal training is sought.
Kal

Question, when we hit a few minutes of deco during class this weekend at JB, we switched to o2, that made it a tech dive? However, had someone stolen my o2 in the cavern, and I deco'ed out on back gas, that would be a recreational dive?

Peacock springs we didn't hit ANY deco, but we had 30 minutes before we could get to the surface at times, where as in JB we could be at the surface in 15 minutes or less including deco due to the flow.

I just don't see how you can (or care to) classify diving as recreational or technical. I'll cave dive for recreation, so I consider any cave dive that I do, a recreational dive. It might fit into the technical category too, but I couldn't care less, the dangers present and the precautions you take to work around them are the same no matter what you label them.