please accept my apologies, no arrogance was meant here. let me rephrase please.
a much better safer divers.
and, there are a number of things that make a diver, in my opinion anyway:
1. training
2. equipment
3. experiance
4. knowlage
5. (i think this should be ontop though) Responsibility.
im sorry that sounded arrogant. pls accept my apologies.
and thanks phrenicnerve, though i shouldnt think any topic is too black and white.
i was just voicing my thoughts and concernes while looking at the dive industry in my area. i dont like what i see someitmes. I see nothing wrong with being a holiday diver, except the fact that after more than 6 months, alot of the "holiday divers" i see hardly remember how to put equipment together. let alone bouyancy, hand signals and the dangers. Though i Must say that there are many exceptions in this term.
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ah, yes, but what Is tech diving.
oh, it can be like you said, digging in 10m of water, welding, u/w construction, deep/ or not so deep decompression dives.
i think tech diving is getting in the water with a certain goal, with backup incase of emergancy.
heck, there is Recreational deccompression, all in the eyes of the beholder i guess.
in my TSD+ERD ANDI courses i learnt that technical diving was Mission diving...
i think anyone has an opinion.
Seasnake mate, i guess, we all have a different definition to tech diving, including dive orgenisations
sorry for the tone back there gang.