What Defines a "Tech" Diver

[MichaelMc]

hit 165ft for less than 5 minutes

With GF 70, that is 2 minutes at 15', thus one of the simplest technical dives.
GF 90 gives no deco.

Though if you believe in clearer heads, and I do, then some He would have been good and made it a less simple tech dive, and doing it deep air makes it less simple in other ways.

How "very slowly" for the deeper ascent?
GF80, 20'/min ascent rate to 100', then 10'/min to surface gives no deco.

 

[boulderjohn]

If you mean adjective rather than verb....it might make more sense.

Speaking as a former English teacher....

Technical diver, technical dive, and decompression dive have become established as recognized noun phrases within the scuba community. A noun phrase is a group of words that function together as a single noun, serving as a subject or object in a sentence. An entire clause can function as a noun (a noun clause), as in the sentence "Whoever has read this thread must be shaking his or her head in disbelief."

 

[Kay Dee]

"Whoever has read this thread must be shaking his or her head in disbelief."

Or........................

 

[boulderjohn]

Speaking as a former English teacher....

Technical diver, technical dive, and decompression dive have become established as recognized noun phrases within the scuba community. A noun phrase is a group of words that function together as a single noun, serving as a subject or object in a sentence. An entire clause can function as a noun (a noun clause), as in the sentence "Whoever has read this thread must be shaking his or her head in disbelief."

It occurs to me that this bit of grammar is a major part of the problem in this thread.

A noun phrase (like technical dive) should be understood as if it were a single word. It only has meaning if it is understood as a single word. A single word within such a phrase will likely have a different meaning in a different context.

 

[scubadada]

@tursiops

Thanks for your Venn diagram. What kind of dives are technical divers or recreational divers doing that don't fall into the technical or recreational dive sets?

 

[tursiops]

@tursiops

Thanks for your Venn diagram. What kind of dives are technical divers or recreational divers doing that don't fall into the technical or recreational dive sets?

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LOL The areas you've marked are (e.g.) Technical Divers NOT doing any dives.

 

[scubadada]

LOL The areas you've marked are (e.g.) Technical Divers NOT doing any dives.

Ha, thanks

 

[MichaelMc]

LOL The areas you've marked are (e.g.) Technical Divers NOT doing any dives.

Or 40' 40 minutes with family on vacation?

 

[tursiops]

Or 40' 40 minutes with family on vacation?

That would be a recreational dive, so in the GOOD sector of circle overlap.

 

[MichaelMc]

Oh, yeah, maybe that area should be much smaller.

Maybe rectangles that barely extend past the inner ones so the edges are clear. (Venn are not a daily activity of mine, so take with a grain of salt.)