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I think that term is good for divers who ae still learning and becoming comfortable with the basics.In what ever type of diving wreck cave cavern deep. once you are doing the herding instead of being herded you are no longer a newbee.. you either an equal or a mentor...
if your wondering what magic dive number makes you no longer a newbie?, I think that will vary with the diver. Some may be newbies with 50 dives and some no longer newbies with 30 dives.
I think we as divers get to enjoy what most in our world will never do. We go and explore and environment that we were not made to live in. Having said that, every time we stick a reg in our mouths and start to descend, we are always going to be NEWBIES to that environment. Happy and SAFE diving.
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Ok Uncle I understand the concept of moving from being helped to helping but as the helper moves on to new diving realms do they not return to being the helped?
I am the helper when diving with the new students yet I need help when diving with my dry suit. (The dry suit is not allowed to see students because it has not yet learned to behave.)
Ber
Originally posted by Ber Rabbit Ok Uncle I understand the concept of moving from being helped to helping but as the helper moves on to new diving realms do they not return to being the helped?
But once the basics are learned it is reasonable to expect divers to mature not only skill but also in their attitude toward diving.
This is not dissimilar to the maturation process we all go through in life where we move from being children to adolecents to adults. It is always nice when the psycological progress keeps up the the physical.
With diving we can hope to see the same progression. Now you can take a long time recreational diver who is very comfortable and mature in that type of diving and move her into to a technical diving arena. She would be a newbie of sorts but we wouldn't expect her to become infantile. Just learning new skills doesn't put you back at the beginning in a state of helplessness.
To me newbie is a pretty subjective label. Some people never get really comfortable for whatever reason and always show newbie characteristics while other people are naturals. To me a newbie is a person that is somewhat nervous or otherwise uncomfortable for whatever reason. It's not a bad thing. I enjoy diving with newbies because I learn as much from them as they ever do from me. The people that scare me are the ones that don't admit to being nervous or uncomforatable. I'm still a newbie in some regards but I use it to my advantage to learn and keep my mind open to new methods and experiences.
Yes, my newbieness in my comfort zone has grown into an appreciation of the finer points of diving and scuba instruction. Luckily I still have lots of newbie-like moments ahead! My dry suit has taken me back to feeling like a brand new diver! (Sloppy skills and all--AAAARRGH!) ;-0
Ber
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