why cave divers hate sport divers

[double125's]

I found this on the net about 5 years ago, I dont know who created or who to give credit to but I thought it was worth sharing


Cave Divers Hate Sport Divers Because....

1. Sport Divers insist on being treated as equals


2. Sport Divers ask you how much everything weighs, thereby reminding you of how much everything weighs

3. Sport Divers tell you, "That super-long octopus hose you have looped around your neck is kinda dangerous isn't it?"

4. Sport Divers want you to stand around and smile so they can take your picture in, "All the stuff..."

5. Sport Divers want to know why you carry seven small lights when you have the, "Great big one..."

6. Sport Divers ask if it's dark, "Back in there..."

7. Sport Divers have less to carry around for shorter distances, but complain more

8. Sport Divers think Surface Decompression is a put-on; "You're just a wimp!"

9. Sport Divers ask about cave diving fatalities while you gear up for a tough dive

10. Sport Divers explain what you are doing to onlookers and get it all wrong

11. Sport Divers explain what you are doing to onlookers and get it all right

12. Sport Divers ask why one buddy is not enough

13. Sport Divers cannot read huge underwater signs that say: "KEEP OUT"

14. Sport Divers head for cover during creative air fills

15. Sport Divers insist on thrusting upon you their spare snorkel

16. Sport Divers ask why you don't use the new PADI or DCIEM divetables

17. Sport Divers laugh at the Sacred Duct Tape

18. Sport Divers are, basically, not cool

 

[Cave Diver]

double125's once bubbled...

17. Sport Divers laugh at the Sacred Duct Tape

Don't forget the questions like:

"Isn't it dangerous diving with equipment you gotta duct tape to keep together???"

"Can't you afford some new gear that doesn't need tape?"

"Isn't it dangerous carrying all that string in there? What if you get tangled in it?"

 

[Bob3]

... What if you get tangled in it?

Worse yet, they wander in, get tangled in it & slice the crap out of it with their Rambo knives (that require a 2lb counterweight on their other ankle).

true story from one of our wreck dives

 

[Doof]

Including the 2 lb counter-weight? ut:


As a newbie cave diver... what's all the duct tape for, exactly? What's it holding together?

 

[cstreu1026]

OK, the only thing I didn't get was the creative airfill portion. Anyone want to elaborate?

 

[Cave Diver]

Doof once bubbled...
As a newbie cave diver... what's all the duct tape for, exactly? What's it holding together?

The loose ends of mask straps and fins straps are often taped down to prevent the possibility of entanglement from a guideline sliding in between them.

cstreu1026 once bubbled...
OK, the only thing I didn't get was the creative airfill portion. Anyone want to elaborate?

"Cave fills." It's not uncommon for cave divers to pump steel tanks that are rated at 2640psi up to 3000+ There are differing points of view over this practice and some people are not comfortable with this idea.

 

[SeaJay]

Ohhhhheeeeeehhhhhhhaaaaaa!

Man, that's hilarious...

"Creative air fills."

"All the stuff." So much for simplicity, eh?

Funny crap, man.

 

[Doof]

Cave Diver once bubbled...


The loose ends of mask straps and fins straps are often taped down to prevent the possibility of entanglement from a guideline sliding in between them.

You know... I woke up this morning with a clearer head (after getting some sleep) and I suddenly remembered buying this huge roll of duct tape and spending about an hour taping down my loose mask straps and fin straps (and then having to re-do it all after I realized I could no longer get the fins on!). Plus there's that tank marking thing...

And I thought, "Damn, they're all going to wonder what kind of training I received where I'm swimming around in a cave with all these loose straps dangling everywhere. I better get in there and post..."

But of course, somebody beat me to it. ut:

 

[Bob3]

... loose ends of mask straps and fins straps ...

30+ years ago, (before we could afford duct tape), we'd just re-thread the straps so the loose ends would come out on the inside of the strap. We did it more for weed control, as heavier line was used on wrecks.
Another good excuse to use Duck Feet, or just cut the heels out of a full foot fin.

 

[JCKCSYCMD]

Duct tape.
Bugie cord.
Velcro.