DaleC
Contributor
Bob, at the risk of attempting a little hijack I will add this to the discussion.
IMO, the reason we concern ourselves so much about labels such as "advanced" and "technical" is that many modern divers have no motivation for diving other than diving itself, and thus try to use such terms to define themselves within the activity ie. I am an advanced/technical etc... diver. The means are the end so to speak and have no other function.
Others utilize diving as a means to an end and define their experience by the end and not the means ie. I am a spearfisherman/archeologist/naturalist etc... They don't define themselves by the diving but rather by what they do with it.
I think some people dive advanced dive sites because it sounds good to say they did so. No other reason really. If you asked them what was so special about the site they might not even be able to tell you, other than it seemed challenging or perhaps they heard it was cool.
Others dive a site for a reason, because there is something specific there they want to see or do. Those people probably take a little more time to research and anticipate the environment they are entering and prepare accordingly.
IMO, the reason we concern ourselves so much about labels such as "advanced" and "technical" is that many modern divers have no motivation for diving other than diving itself, and thus try to use such terms to define themselves within the activity ie. I am an advanced/technical etc... diver. The means are the end so to speak and have no other function.
Others utilize diving as a means to an end and define their experience by the end and not the means ie. I am a spearfisherman/archeologist/naturalist etc... They don't define themselves by the diving but rather by what they do with it.
I think some people dive advanced dive sites because it sounds good to say they did so. No other reason really. If you asked them what was so special about the site they might not even be able to tell you, other than it seemed challenging or perhaps they heard it was cool.
Others dive a site for a reason, because there is something specific there they want to see or do. Those people probably take a little more time to research and anticipate the environment they are entering and prepare accordingly.