How do you define 'hardcore diving',,,,,and do you fall into that category as a diver???
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Dives that are done to meet ego needs rather than to have fun or accomplish a task.
No.
No.
teknitroxdiver
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Same as Uncle.
Negative.
Negative.
I'd say diving where it requires safely adapting to and overcoming conditions that would cause the average diver to quit. Diving in lower vis, lower temps, after a longer hike etc...
Put another way, a hardcore diver elevates the value of the dive to the point that he/she will put in a whole lot more work to make the dive than the average diver is willing to invest.
Rick
Put another way, a hardcore diver elevates the value of the dive to the point that he/she will put in a whole lot more work to make the dive than the average diver is willing to invest.
Rick
That's an average diver's average dive here Rick. 
SeanQ
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A hardcore diver would fight with a damp wetsuit in freezing rain for a dive in cold water with bad vis. To then walk along slippery granite slabs for a few hundred metres while being lashed by wind. To then not see anything unique from any other dive. To then say it was still worth it.
Sound's like last weekend...
Sound's like last weekend...
How about camping and cooking in the snow for a week? Driving in an open boat with air temps hovering around 19 F. for nearly an hour each way? Doing the SI while sipping on something hot to drink in said temps, with your thermal gear soaked down the front?
Nah, that falls into the fun category.
Curt Bowen
Contributor
texdiveguy:
Diving is just diving, no matter what type or place.
I have done all types in shallow and very deep, but would not call any of it hardcore.
farrakhan
Contributor
I would classify a hardcore diver as one who wishes he/she could spend 23 hours a day underwater with only a one hour surface interval. I remember after watching Waterworld (Yes I realize it was a crappy movie) thinking about how cool it would be if you could actually get gills surgically inserted into your mouth. Anyways I believe hardcore has nothing to do with depth or chest beating but with attitude andframe of mind.
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