When new OW divers are certified, they are taught some skills and given some rules to follow and it is regarded as pretty safe...if those skills stay current and the rules are followed.
After a while, the diver gets better and seeks more advanced training such as cave diving. The skills such as buoyancy control taught in OW become much more refined, new skills are introduced and the diver is given a set of rules to follow...if these skills stay current and the rules are followed, is the diving really more risky?
I haven't done any research on this, so this is more my impression and would like to hear opinions on this subject. I have seen some cave diving accident reports, and most seem to indicate that some basic rule was breached leading to the accident (and suggests that if the rule was not breached, the accident would have been averted). Perhaps this is a wrong impression and I am open to changing it, but it is currently my impression.
After a while, the diver gets better and seeks more advanced training such as cave diving. The skills such as buoyancy control taught in OW become much more refined, new skills are introduced and the diver is given a set of rules to follow...if these skills stay current and the rules are followed, is the diving really more risky?
I haven't done any research on this, so this is more my impression and would like to hear opinions on this subject. I have seen some cave diving accident reports, and most seem to indicate that some basic rule was breached leading to the accident (and suggests that if the rule was not breached, the accident would have been averted). Perhaps this is a wrong impression and I am open to changing it, but it is currently my impression.