Solo = Technical Diving Specialty

[pharmguy]

Woohoo!

Thanks NetDoc et al. for putting the Solo forum in the Tech Spec category. This is definitely where it should be. But could it be moved a little further from the DIR forum? - those eyes are still glaring at me.

Jason

 

[wedivebc]

Woohoo!

Thanks NetDoc et al. for putting the Solo forum in the Tech Spec category. This is definitely where it should be. But could it be moved a little further from the DIR forum? - those eyes are still glaring at me.

Jason

So.... Glare right back.

 

[Otter]

Woohoo!

Thanks NetDoc et al. for putting the Solo forum in the Tech Spec category. This is definitely where it should be. But could it be moved a little further from the DIR forum? - those eyes are still glaring at me.

Jason

Really, I thought it would be better in the "Accidents & Incidents" forum

j/k - don't get your speedos in a wad.

 

[captain]

DIR and solo diving is just like a hard shell baptist and sex, you know they do it you just can't catch them doing it.

Captain

 

[matt_unique]

Woohoo!

Thanks NetDoc et al. for putting the Solo forum in the Tech Spec category. This is definitely where it should be. But could it be moved a little further from the DIR forum? - those eyes are still glaring at me.

Jason

I would not consider solo diving equivalent to tech diving at all. Was there some consensus that it was or was this move the most suitable means of thread organization?

--Matt

 

[Hoosier]

Really, but I consider that solo divers should have the equivalent knowledge and experience like tech divers even though they will not dive in deep.

I would not consider solo diving equivalent to tech diving at all. Was there some consensus that it was or was this move the most suitable means of thread organization?

--Matt

 

[Nemrod]

I think they put Solo under a Tech catagory because this is the collector forum for all the oddities, specialties like cave and wreck and Solo, and cults like DIR, HOG, GUE. N

 

[SDAnderson]

I wasn't involved in the sorting decisions but would suggest that it belongs right where it is:

• Solo diving isn't recreational diving.
• It requires many of the same techniques and gear that most folks identify with technical diving.
• We don't have an Insane Maniacs header to put it under.

Forced integration has a way of making some folks cranky - if the DIR guys are having a problem with their new neighbors, wait until their kids start dating.

 

[captain]

I would not consider solo diving equivalent to tech diving at all. Was there some consensus that it was or was this move the most suitable means of thread organization?

--Matt

I agree that solo is not technical. To me technical requires techniques, equiptment, depth and breathing gases out of the ordinary range of recreational scuba. Not having a buddy on a 25 foot solo dive does not make it a technical dive.

Captain

 

[MikeFerrara]

I agree that solo is not technical. To me technical requires techniques, equiptment, depth and breathing gases out of the ordinary range of recreational scuba. Not having a buddy on a 25 foot solo dive does not make it a technical dive.

Captain

Who says a solo dive will be 25 ft and not 300 ft? All we know is the diver will be alone.