I thought pady spent a lot of money some time back to discover that "scary" = "sales" in diving, no?
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It is required viewing in my OW class. I also recommend it to all advanced students. Like to see an updated version with better resolution and it be required viewing for all OW classes with every agency.
...What percentage of divers ever go near a cave of that sort?
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You can find quite a lot of them in Florida ... particularly at Ginnie on a hot summer day. But they're not unique to that area. I believe there's a cottage industry in certain parts of Italy from "tours" of underwater caves. Seems not that long ago when a whole group of tourists died inside of a cave ... taken in there by a dive guide who also had no overhead dive training. Oddly, not a single one of those people seemed to recognize the danger ...I don't know where you find these folks, maybe your practice attracts an odd mix. I'm confident most I've ever met would instantly regard entering a cave underwater - beyond a couple of feet just for the fun - without training as something to take a second thought about, whether they were OW certified or not. I'm also going to venture that most people make up their mind about scuba from other influences, which is what I intended the gist of my criticism to be.
Good on you for shaking it off and knowing what's appropriate and sticking with it. Many will just assume if all the supposed pros are saying how dangerous it is that maybe they should stay away.
Seems not that long ago when a whole group of tourists died inside of a cave ... taken in there by a dive guide who also had no overhead dive training. Oddly, not a single one of those people seemed to recognize the danger ...
You can find quite a lot of them in Florida ... particularly at Ginnie on a hot summer day. But they're not unique to that area. I believe there's a cottage industry in certain parts of Italy from "tours" of underwater caves. Seems not that long ago when a whole group of tourists died inside of a cave ... taken in there by a dive guide who also had no overhead dive training. Oddly, not a single one of those people seemed to recognize the danger ...