What defines technical diving - and how to get there?

[RAD Diver]

If I was worried about flames I wouldn't post threads like this...

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/hawaii-ohana/243718-molokini-kayak-dive.html

Man those are some nice pictures & it must be rough to dive in that kind of water.
I do believe you would change your tactics diving off the Mid Atlantic coast though.

 

[Blackwood]

Thats all cool, but my CF-200 with the dry gloves attached 42 is not that bad. We dove Lake Erie last year & that was the bottom temp. never made us quit our dive early.
Off the Mid Atlantic coast we are lucky to get 50+ degrees at depths as shallow as 100fsw, so you can't be a WWW around here & get to the really cool sites that start at 140fsw.

I agree with the implied point of your post: if you're quitting a dive due to temperature, you're not properly equipped (exposure protection) for the dive.