AOW student looking to take tech route- wondering how i can get the edge.

[Clammy]

Well, if tech diving was an older hobby, I'd say yes, but until we get people in their later years that tech dove, we won't see that. The numbers of tech diving deaths seem to be slightly rising, while the number getting into the hobby is rising exponentially, that speaks volumes for the safety of modern tech diving.

Ooo, good point. Fine, then shouldn't most tech divers not be dying underwater at all!? ha ha

 

[nereas]

Just to step in and mediate a little, it seems like Texdiveguy is saying that no one is immune to panic (at some level) which is true. Everyone has their breaking point, some farther along than others. And basically Neras and DSTeding are saying that as a tech diver (or before you become one), one should have the ability, training, practice, and comfort to mitigate and work through any problems well enough that they never ever reach the point of panic.

Tex is afraid of dying.

And being thus, he is more likely to panic, I suspect.

 

[ianr33]

I just want to go really deep

What do you consider to be "really" deep?

Hi there. I need help figuring out what the bar is for tech diving

For starters I would suggest that you DO NOT listen to nereas.

 

[nereas]

For starters I would suggest that you DO NOT listen to nereas.

For starters, I would suggest that you steer clear of ianr33. A snake like that could bite you.

Note the childishness of his post. To say nothing of that ugly green snake.

 

[Blackwood]

When did THAT change???

Ripping off masks used to be GI3's favorite trick.

What has George Irvine to do with GUE protocal?

 

[dsteding]

I have yet to meet any competent technical diver or recreational diver as far as that goes that truly thinks that they are 'panic proof' simply as a result of their previous dive training--reading and experience, till I read both nereas and dsteding input here.

Dude, you are reading between the lines too much, perhaps for the sake of sparking an argument. I'm not saying I'm panic proof, I have quite a healthy respect for it. I am just saying you need to push the panic threshold back and understand where it is. Understanding it can go a long way to pushing that threshold back.

 

[Elemental]

When did THAT change???

Ripping off masks used to be GI3's favorite trick.

Happened right in the middle of a cave class he was co-teaching with Gilliam, didn't it?

George wasn't happy to say the least, but eventually took it philosophically. Gilliam, on the other hand, didn't.

And that's how IANTD was born.

It's all there in The Divine Secrets of the Wah-Wah Brotherhood, chapter 6, I think.

 

[nereas]

What has George Irvine to do with GUE protocal?

Blackwood go back to school.

 

[texdiveguy]

Dude, you are reading between the lines too much, perhaps for the sake of sparking an argument. I'm not saying I'm panic proof, I have quite a healthy respect for it. I am just saying you need to push the panic threshold back and understand where it is. Understanding it can go a long way to pushing that threshold back.

I could care less in an argument......and my name is Alan not dude.

"I am just saying you need to push the panic threshold back and understand where it is. Understanding it can go a long way to pushing that threshold back." dsteding

I agree with this general statement (above).....we all have a point of panic, and any diver worth his/her salt understands this and respects the fact. The threat of panic is what sets realistic divers apart from others that just don't seem to get it.

 

[ucfdiver]

Ooo, good point. Fine, then shouldn't most tech divers not be dying underwater at all!? ha ha

No, people die all the time from safe activities, nothing is 100% safe, getting close is what we strive for.