Should the dive industry support record attempts?

[cerich]

Why or why not?

 

[tennjay]

As long as the attempt is well thought out and planned, it should be open to industry support.

 

[tomfcrist]

I think as long as the record has something to give back to the community it's fine...endurance records, penetration records etc are fine....depth records should be blackballed. We already know what the limits of human endurance are in that regard....depth record breakers are merely trying to one up the last guy that almost died.

 

[Wookie]

Yes, as long as the record attempt has good chance of success, carefully planned, with something to learn.

 

[ajduplessis]

As long as the attempt is well thought out and planned, it should be open to industry support.

No!! The industry must not support records!

Who determines if its well planned/thought out? The community? If so, you will never get an agreement. The entire support team for Doc Deep believes the plan was well thought out and that did not end very well.

 

[vincent54]

No, they become ego boosting stunts that mean nothing. If you do accomplish a feat like this, keep it to yourself. Cheers

 

[Rusty Roo]

pushing boundaries is human nature. man on the moon etc etc. years ago 30metres would have been considered deep we only know what is possible by doing.

 

[Nasser]

Let's put it this way - As an industry it shouldn't ban record attempts, but any support or lack thereof should be at the individual discretion of a center, operator, company, manufacturer etc..

 

[Russoft]

No, but I'd never support laws or legislation against it. I think supporting these record attempts can hurt their public image which isn't desirable anyway. Hopefully it'll stop out of self interest. Or rather, industry will get smarter about what attempts to support.

 

[kensuf]

"Years ago 30m would have been considered deep"?

What year would that be, exactly? In 1947 a guy hit 94m on air. In 1962 two flags were planted on the ocean floor at 1000' of depth.

The risks associated with deep diving have been widely known for a very, very, long time. There's nothing to learn by trying to bust 1100' on a bounce dive.