At what age did this start happening to you?

[Rich Keller]

I have run into a bunch of people I have not seen in years over the last 5 or 6 months and they all end up asking the same question "Do you still dive?". I just turned 55 two days ago. At what age did this start happening to you?

 

[bowlofpetunias]

nobody would DARE ask me such an obscene question and I am 61!

 

[drl]

I was in my late 40s when I started diving, so no one has asked me that yet. And I doubt they will, since diving seems to come up in just about any conversation I have!

 

[g2]

nobody would DARE ask me such an obscene question and I am 61!

+1!

I'm not yet 55 but such a question would send me over the edge. Some of my buddies are in their 60's and older. Woe-unto-they who would dare think that age alone would ever stop me.

 

[j2s]

Ditto......Ridiculous question only the socially impaired would ask......"May a diseased camel take a likeing to their private parts"......

 

[metaldector]

I'm the oldest of my dive buddies, at 64 I'm usually diving with men in their 40's or early 50's. I try and dive at least every two weeks if not sooner. However, I last dove on Sept. 16th, and had open heart surgery on Sept. 26. Five by-passes has slowed me down and I have been cleared to go back diving later this month, but I've promised the wife I'll stay out until March 2012. Then watch out, cause I will have many dive to catch up. Age isn't a great factor, physical health is.

 

[herbdb]

I didn't start diving until I was 61. In the past 3+ years, I have completed My AOW, Nitrox and Rescue Diver certs and have almost 200 dives. My record for a week is 29 dives for a week on Bonaire last summer. Fortunately, this is not just a young man's sport. Now that I have retired, I live to dive.

 

[pjhansman]

I started diving at 54. The only question I got was "aren't you a little old for that"......

Now. like drl, nobody questions whether I still dive because I find a way to drag it in to every conversation.

 

[ibj40]

I'm almost 62, and all the younger folks that I work with are always asking me two questions: When's the next time you're going diving; and What'd you see last time you went?

No one, to my knowledge, where I work, is as an avid or active diver than I am, and many of those that are certified don't pursue it as aggressively as my wife and I do. And I don't plan to limit my diving any time soon. Gives the "kids" something to talk about.

 

[irishsquid]

I'll be 55 in Feb. and most of the lazy young PUNKS I know, get lost trying to keep up with me and don't make it to the dive site.