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> Going out and buying the right gear will help you go a lot farther > but it won't get you all of the way. The one thing I haven't seen any Very true. But I think that almost all dive shops (I wouldn't like to comment whether this is good or bad) would go out of business if they only sold hogarthian. > of you guys discuss is the fact that the newer divers are lacking > thought processes. They all seem to just want to "go to the end of > the line as fast as possible" and prove themself. They're not > enjoying the cave diving for the cave, but rather the pervasive macho > ego attitude. Same with trampers. There seems to be a challenge to turn a 3 day tramp into a 1 day marathon. This affects about 50% of trampers based on what I have seen and heard. > This whole "must prove my ability" attitude has gotten > into the entire "technical diving" community and is what causes > accidents like you just saw in West Palm. It's scary when 95% of all > new cave divers don't even live near underwater caves. It used to be > the otherway around. I should point out that 95% of mountainers don't live near mountains either. One problem with living in the States is that equipment is so easy and cheap to buy so it is much easier to overestimate your own ability. Come to New Zealand and wait 3 months for everything. Regards Chris Calvert, Engineering Manager Business Computers Ltd, Christchurch New Zealand. Ph +64 3 359 5556 Fax +64 3 359 5975 Web site www.bcl.co.nz -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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