Have tech divers equaled or surpassed what can be accomplished by US Navy divers?

[Ana]

Are you motivated by ego?

That's frightening.

Not me. I've never considered myself a tech diver. Regardless of what I was, these days I'm just a vacation diver.

If you don't want to call it ego, call it whatever you want. I don't think Tech Divers follow orders, and they don't have to worry about getting fired either. Whatever it is that motivates the Tech diver is different.

 

[divestoclimb]

Are you motivated by ego?

That's frightening.

I think what he means is a recreational tech diver is almost never being asked to do the dive on behalf of anyone else. The tech diver chooses to do it for some reason personal to themselves.

I think the more accurate statement is the tech diver is motivated by his/her id... but I'm no psychology expert

 

[Captain CaveMan]

The reason I do tech is to stay at depth longer. I really hate to drive 2 hours to do a 15min dive. So I learned to do Deco diving and now I do dives to 45min at 120ft or more. I'm just now starting to want to go deeper to see the wrecks that are more in tack

 

[Doc Intrepid]

Have tech divers equaled or surpassed what can be accomplished by US Navy divers?

No. Navy divers lock out of vessels such as diving bells or other underwater submersibles, to include submarines, occasionally at depths far beyond the reach of most technical divers. To list only one example...

Bottom line is, the Navy has far more toys, money, and time than most tech divers have, and quite frequently resources and assets determine what you can do!

(That said, the Navy has not done the same sort of exploration as, say, the WKPP divers in Wakulla Springs. The Navy hasn't developed the same level of interests in cave environments.)

As someone else said above, the Navy's approach is much more geared toward producing professional commercial divers than enabling 'tech-reational' diving. IMHO, you're discussing two entirely different worlds.

YMMV,

Doc

 

[Blackwood]

If you don't want to call it ego, call it whatever you want. I don't think Tech Divers follow orders, and they don't have to worry about getting fired either. Whatever it is that motivates the Tech diver is different.

Got it. My mistake.

The reason I do tech is to stay at depth longer. I really hate to drive 2 hours to do a 15min dive.

I hear ya. I'd MUCH rather do one long dive than two shorter dives (at least as far as beach diving is concerned).

I'm just now starting to want to go deeper to see the wrecks that are more in tack

Aye. Wrecks are what got me interested in tech diving.

 

[Bismark]

Not me. I've never considered myself a tech diver. Regardless of what I was, these days I'm just a vacation diver.

If you don't want to call it ego, call it whatever you want. I don't think Tech Divers follow orders, and they don't have to worry about getting fired either. Whatever it is that motivates the Tech diver is different.

Okay, lets call it something else then. How about "interest", Curiousity, Desire to explore?

 

[JeffG]

Okay, lets call it something else then. How about "interest", Curiousity, Desire to explore?

Nothing wrong with Ego IMO. I think most tech divers have a bit of that.

 

[Blackwood]

Nothing wrong with Ego IMO. I think most tech divers have a bit of that.

Sure. A little ego is a good thing. "I can handle this stress" is somewhat egotistical, but if you go into a dive you don't think you can handle, that's a problem.

But if the sole motivation is ego... not so much.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with being motivated by ego ... the most successful people in just about ANY human endeavor are motivated by ego. Those who are successful know how to not let their ego get in the way of their common sense.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[JeffG]

Sure. A little ego is a good thing. "I can handle this stress" is somewhat egotistical, but if you go into a dive you don't think you can handle, that's a problem.

But if the sole motivation is ego... not so much.

Chicken or Egg thing. Was the Ego there before or after?

All I know is that most (if not all) tech divers have this aura of Ego/Superiority around them (even if we don't see it ourselves). So says my good woman anyways.