How dangerous is diving?

[The Chairman]

Best bit of work the goons ever did in my opinion. bet ya can't sing it with the english accent like andy (devondiver) can.

You'd be surprised at how well I would do. My mom's a brit.

 

[tracydr]

What about riding horses? Cross-country three day eventing? Or, fox hunting?
Steeple chasing or being a jockey?
How about bull riding?
Motocross?

 

[Nemrod]

How safe is safe enough? Macho? That ciuld explain why most people claim diving is relaxing? Never understood that either or why worrying over safety is such a big thing with people.

Most Dangerous

1. Riding crotch rockets since the advent of cell phones in the vicinity of young women texting.

2. Riding bicycles in the vicinity of either young women texting on cell phones in automobiles or pit bulls that will not hurt a flea

3. Flying in small aircraft in bad weather or any weather for that matter.

4. Flying small airplanes in good weather.

5. Free climbing

6. Sky diving (note 3 and 4)

7. Cave diving

8. Wrestling alligators

9. Solo hiking in griz country

10. Motocross

11. Hunting with Dick Cheney

12. Fixing the light bulb in your garage on a 10 foot ladder

13. SCUBA diving

14. Sitting on a couch

15. Being dead and buried

Least Dangerous


For young folks not in a relationship, you might want to rate sex with strangers about 4 or 5.

N

 

[PfcAJ]

I don't fear death.

 

[kundalinichi]

One thing I notice from my skimming this thread is no mention of the INHERENT dangers, albeit semi-manageable with pre-dive planning and good in-water skills. Perfect profiles, either no-d or deco involved, still doesn't guarantee a illness-free dive. We are still test subjects to decompression theory, and until we get liquid breathing rigs perfected, or everyone gets atmosphere suits, the dangers of DCS will loom. On that note, I couldn't stop diving if I tried, dangerous or not!

 

[beaverdivers]

Cheerleading is more dangerous than SCUBA!

( It's on the internet, it must be correct. )

 

[rx7diver]

But back to my original question - how dangerous is diving?

Well, my diving became a whole lot safer recently:



That used to be my go to site for a quick dive fix: A quick 3.5 hour drive from central Missouri to solo dive here at Table Rock Lake in southwest Missouri. The horizontal line at the center left is the dam. The lake is at the left, visible below the dam. The new visitors center is upper right. The old visitors center is behind the camera. The new visitors center came on line a few months ago, and this favorite dive spot became shuttered shortly thereafter, much to the disappointment of many of us Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma divers.

Point is, diving is less dangerous if you don't dive. But that's not much fun.

Safe Diving,

rx7diver

 

[TMHeimer]

lets see.....

1972 - 1989
concussion: basketball
torn meniscus left knee: basketball
torn meniscus right knee: basketball
broken knose (4x): basketball
broken ankles (3x): basketball
broken finger (too many): basketball
arthritis everywhere: basketball

Scuba:

(1989 - present)

got cut last week on a zebra mussel....

guess I gotta agree with you Bob!

1965 (5th grade)- 1986 (retirement from Sr. Men's Basketball):
one thumb injury in 1972. Of course, I was a spot-up shooter and didn't usually mix it up.
Scuba: Nothing yet.
How many people have died from hoops? Two, at least that people know of-the guy for the Cal. college school, and Reggie Lewis of the Celtics in about 1990. I'm sure there are more. How many died from scuba since 1967? I would GUESS significantly more.

 

[vladimir]

How many people have died from hoops? Two, at least that people know of-the guy for the Cal. college school, and Reggie Lewis of the Celtics in about 1990.

We won't count Len Bias, speaking of Celtics. Here, via the LA Times, is a tally from the NCAA:

Overall, the team found that 1 in 43,770 athletes died annually of sudden cardiac deaths. But the incidence varied dramatically by sport. The highest rate was in Division 1 basketball, with 1 death per 3,146 players per year.

 

[faze]

RX7 - you win the award for most comprehensive dive safety arrangements, nothing left to chance - now that's what I like to see