Kay Dee
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A dive never just becomes a tech dive. Tech dives are planned pre dive.No one can predict when a dive might become a so called tech dive..
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A dive never just becomes a tech dive. Tech dives are planned pre dive.No one can predict when a dive might become a so called tech dive..
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Bordering on violating the TOS, i.e., providing unsafe advice on SB.
it's okay to disagree with me and be wrong.In my view, yes. Whether you approach/plan/execute it as such is a different question.
Not the same thing. If you have sudden catastrophic gas loss, can you reach the surface?An equivalent question: if you go into a cave with a single cylinder and one light, is it a technical/cave dive? Damn straight, but a very poorly executed one.
Any depth that's reasonable on air? I'd say yes. If I drop down to the deck of the Oriskany at 150fsw, then work my way up the outside of the island, that seems rec to me.Can you dive to any depth, and, as long as you do not exceed your NDL, it is a rec dive? Depth has nothing to do with separating rec from tech diving?
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It never becomes a tech dive because there's no such thing, the circumstances of a dive can change during the dive.A dive never just becomes a tech dive. Tech dives are planned pre dive.
What depth is reasonable on air? A pO2<1.4? A gas density of<5.2 or 6.3 g/L? Something else?Any depth that's reasonable on air? I'd say yes. If I drop down to the deck of the Oriskany at 150fsw, then work my way up the outside of the island, that seems rec to me.