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Yup, made me think about the "I'm a scuba diver...." line. :scubadive
SCUBA: extreme sport?
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Yup, made me think about the "I'm a scuba diver...." line. :scubadive
If you do something like diving or flying fighter jets for a *living*, it means you're poor. No wonder those chicks walked away 
Ishie
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People think I'm nuts for doing it, and I live three and a half hours away from one of the most popular places to dive.
My boss is cert'd, but lives in Dallas (and flies here for the week, no thanks!), and hasn't dived for three years. This job is better about people thinking I'm nutty. In my last job, I worked for the state health department and was surrounded primarily by very nice older women. They thought I was *totally* nuts, particularly after what happened to Randy Fry (not that he was scuba diving), and a lot of times I heard the "Why??? Why would you do that???" comments. Not to mention the whole "How deep do you dive?" "Oh, normally, I hang around 35-50 feet". "UNDERWATER?? Wow, 50 feet underwater?" "Well, my deepest dive was 94, but you need a boat..." "A hundred feet underwater??????"
It seems to impress people, but I'm not sure if they're impressed because scuba diving is so "extreme" or because I'm a girl. ::shrug::
I've done some toproping too, which also didn't feel extreme, though I tore the crap out of the inside of my arm (turns out that though you can't fall DOWN with a good belay, you can sure fall sideways!).
The most "extreme" thing I do is horseback riding, since I jump, which gives opportunity for all sorts of creative injuries combined with a minimum 5' drop to the ground, which often is strewn with poles, while adding an easily panicked giant animal to the equation who is in a good position to trample you, if you do not get caught in the various straps and handles on the way down. I also ice skate, which is where I got my most serious injury (broken leg).
Weirdly enough, when grouped with scuba diving and rock climbing, those two are considered extreme, and the riding isn't. I've seen the most hideous injuries come out of riding and skating. There's no "chamber" treatment for a broken neck.
My boss is cert'd, but lives in Dallas (and flies here for the week, no thanks!), and hasn't dived for three years. This job is better about people thinking I'm nutty. In my last job, I worked for the state health department and was surrounded primarily by very nice older women. They thought I was *totally* nuts, particularly after what happened to Randy Fry (not that he was scuba diving), and a lot of times I heard the "Why??? Why would you do that???" comments. Not to mention the whole "How deep do you dive?" "Oh, normally, I hang around 35-50 feet". "UNDERWATER?? Wow, 50 feet underwater?" "Well, my deepest dive was 94, but you need a boat..." "A hundred feet underwater??????"
It seems to impress people, but I'm not sure if they're impressed because scuba diving is so "extreme" or because I'm a girl. ::shrug::
I've done some toproping too, which also didn't feel extreme, though I tore the crap out of the inside of my arm (turns out that though you can't fall DOWN with a good belay, you can sure fall sideways!).
The most "extreme" thing I do is horseback riding, since I jump, which gives opportunity for all sorts of creative injuries combined with a minimum 5' drop to the ground, which often is strewn with poles, while adding an easily panicked giant animal to the equation who is in a good position to trample you, if you do not get caught in the various straps and handles on the way down. I also ice skate, which is where I got my most serious injury (broken leg).
Weirdly enough, when grouped with scuba diving and rock climbing, those two are considered extreme, and the riding isn't. I've seen the most hideous injuries come out of riding and skating. There's no "chamber" treatment for a broken neck.
Kriterian
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Ishie:
I agree, scuba diving didn't kill Superman, and neither did Kryptonite come to think of it. I'm more scared of climbing on a horse than doing a wall dive.
I put myself in the group that thinks that "Scuba diving is as extreme as you make it for yourself", and believe that it's only labeled that way so the insurance companies don't have to pay when you get hurt.
Ishie
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How about taking a horse ON a wall dive? Don't need to worry about charging the battery like you do on a scooter, but they do tear up the reefs and it's hell getting them to hold the reg in their mouths...
I've had one "extreme" experience scuba diving, though it wasn't extreme diving, it was extreme getting back on the beach. Scuba diving never bothers me as extreme, for starters, because I will never die doing anything remotely dangerous, including diving. Not the way I operate. I could freedive spearfish for great whites, and be fine until I took two steps on the boat, lost my balance, and fell into the props.
Normal activities are what will kill me. I have fallen off a horse directly onto a jump (bruises), gotten thrown off a horse at high speed directly after a jump (bruises), hit a wall jumping while ice skating (bruises), had a pedal on my bike fall off while riding a trail (bruises, scrape). I have broken a leg getting off the ice after a show, broken my foot cleaning a horse's hooves (my fault), gotten a concussion GETTING INTO A CAR, got my finger broken in a screen door... see a pattern?
I'm concerned scuba diving isn't dangerous enough to keep me alive. One of these days, you'll see the report on incidents and accidents: "Diver killed in Monterey after knocking herself unconscious on a rock shelf in ten feet of water. Family and friends are asking that mourners refrain from laughter while at the funeral home."
I've had one "extreme" experience scuba diving, though it wasn't extreme diving, it was extreme getting back on the beach. Scuba diving never bothers me as extreme, for starters, because I will never die doing anything remotely dangerous, including diving. Not the way I operate. I could freedive spearfish for great whites, and be fine until I took two steps on the boat, lost my balance, and fell into the props.
Normal activities are what will kill me. I have fallen off a horse directly onto a jump (bruises), gotten thrown off a horse at high speed directly after a jump (bruises), hit a wall jumping while ice skating (bruises), had a pedal on my bike fall off while riding a trail (bruises, scrape). I have broken a leg getting off the ice after a show, broken my foot cleaning a horse's hooves (my fault), gotten a concussion GETTING INTO A CAR, got my finger broken in a screen door... see a pattern?
I'm concerned scuba diving isn't dangerous enough to keep me alive. One of these days, you'll see the report on incidents and accidents: "Diver killed in Monterey after knocking herself unconscious on a rock shelf in ten feet of water. Family and friends are asking that mourners refrain from laughter while at the funeral home."
Who cares? Just enjoy it.
Just had an interesting discussion with the co-owner of one of our local dive shops. She said a contact at PADI had talked to her about how to instill a sense that SCUBA is an "extreme" sport. Suggested including a bunch of my shark footage in the training videos.
Apparently there is concern that diving is losing the 18-30 year old segment because it isn't extreme. Is that what intrigues those youngsters? Heck, you don't see me climbing rock walls or falling out of airplanes!
Dr. Bill
Apparently there is concern that diving is losing the 18-30 year old segment because it isn't extreme. Is that what intrigues those youngsters? Heck, you don't see me climbing rock walls or falling out of airplanes!
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yet another reason why I have HUGE issues with padi!!! wow does that ever piss me off. Recreational scuba diving is not extreme in ANY WAY. so why market it as such? the allmight dollar.
bunch of money grubbing corporate *****s
caymaniac
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A really most dangerous sport would ........be riding in your own car less than 10 miles from your home! Now it doesn't seem extreme, but this is where many people loose their life.
Drive Safe....dive safe,
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Drive Safe....dive safe,
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Why not its great fun
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