If you weren't addicted to diving...

[Dan]

I don't know if 10,000 HOURS on scuba is possible. I know there are a few who have 10,000 DIVES. I probably have practiced/played clarinet well over that, but that's since 1963. Anyone out there figure they've done 10K hrs. underwater?

If you do it an hour / day, that will take 27 years

 

[abnfrog]

I used to be into competitive handgun shooting . and skydiving , and motorcycle riding ....now its mostly diving and teaching

 

[JamesBon92007]

If you do it an hour / day, that will take 27 years

I started out doing 3 dives a week (usually) so that would probably be about 2 1/2 hours per week. Then I was doing 2 dives a week. Then, when the kids started showing up, maybe one a month. I guess you'd have to stay single to do 10,000 At age 64 I think I've only been averaging about one a month but now that my girlfriend is addicted I expect the numbers to go up. When I joined SB they asked "how many dives?" so I sat down and did an estimate-it wasn't anything I'd ever thought about before, any more than how many times I'd been to a grocery store.

I met a woman who's been diving since the 50s and she's probably about 80 and I think she said she's been diving fairly steadily so she might have done it.

 

[Russoft]

I don't know if 10,000 HOURS on scuba is possible. I know there are a few who have 10,000 DIVES. I probably have practiced/played clarinet well over that, but that's since 1963. Anyone out there figure they've done 10K hrs. underwater?

Considering diving isn't just about bottom time but includes planning, gear configuration, dive briefing, dive logging (or for those who don't log, a debrief: "did you see that bright yellow fish? what was that?"), training, and teaching I think there are quite a lot of people who have logged 10,000 hours. Especially those in the 1,000s of dives range.

Example, for a weekend trip (2 - 4 hours of bottom time over 1 - 2 days):
1 - 3 hours: researching dive locations, checking weather, and planning the trip.
1 hour: going through equipment and checking that it's ready for diving.
Spend much of the road (boat?) trip discussing the diving we will be doing with buddy.
30 minutes: setting up equipment and pre-dive checks.
5 minutes: on a dive briefing.
30 - 60+ minutes bottom time (depth dependent)
45 minute surface interval swapping tanks, briefing for next dive
rinse and repeat for number of dives on trip.
2 hours: logging dives over a meal and drinks, discussing the things we saw and did
4 hours: cleaning and putting away equipment for next time
countless hours on SB reading, learning, and discussing diving

That is all part of the hobby for me.

 

[Blasto]

There is an interesting theory that 10,000 hrs of participating in an activity is required to maximize your skill at that activity.

Not so much a theory as a random guess. A more common random guess is that it takes 5,000 hours to become proficient at something.

Why 5,000 or 10,000 and not 7,283 or 11,615? Just nice round numbers. They don't mean anything - these are Barnum statements. One can always just assume the definition of proficiency to match whatever level is acquired at 5,000 or 10,000 hours, so the statement can always be thought of as true.

 

[mattia_v]

I only really dive in vacation, and I've got plenty of other time and money sinks. Mine are, in no particular order:

- photography. Mostly travel and landscape.
- travel. Because new places are fun.
- guitar building. Mostly acoustics, electric is a little easier / more freedom, but I prefer the challenge of acoustics.
- general woodworking. Because most projects take less time than building a guitar, and there's something deeply satisfying about making something. Preferably something that could outlast you if cared for well.

 

[spc751]

IPSC

 

[Kharon]

Why 5,000 or 10,000 and not 7,283 or 11,615? Just nice round numbers. They don't mean anything - these are Barnum statements.

Yep - read an interesting book on lying with statistics (can't remember the title - but it was eye-opening). Any number too precise or too round is automatically suspect - in other words, made up.

 

[Hoag]

Yep - read an interesting book on lying with statistics (can't remember the title - but it was eye-opening). Any number too precise or too round is automatically suspect - in other words, made up.

It has been said that 72.5% of all statistics are made up.

 

[Dan]

It has been said that 72.5% of all statistics are made up.

We learn from our commander in chief