I had a very interesting conversation with a friend yesterday. He was telling me about a recent trip he did, where he did a bunch of wreck diving, all at technical depths. He had had the interesting insight that the diving, although it was actually quite good, just didn't light his fire, especially not enough to justify the horrendous cost of the gases to do it.
I told him I really haven't had the urge to do any tech diving for the last year or so. The things I love most just don't require it, and the sites we have where there is interesting critter finding to do at depth are boat dives, that I don't get to very often.
Both of us agreed that we will probably not do much tech diving in the future, and both of us are considering selling some gear.
I wondered how many other people are out there who got the training, did some dives, and decided it just wasn't worth the effort or the expense.
(BTW, I will keep a set of doubles and a deco bottle, just in case, and also because I need to stay current on skills for cave diving, which I emphatically intend to continue to do!)
I told him I really haven't had the urge to do any tech diving for the last year or so. The things I love most just don't require it, and the sites we have where there is interesting critter finding to do at depth are boat dives, that I don't get to very often.
Both of us agreed that we will probably not do much tech diving in the future, and both of us are considering selling some gear.
I wondered how many other people are out there who got the training, did some dives, and decided it just wasn't worth the effort or the expense.
(BTW, I will keep a set of doubles and a deco bottle, just in case, and also because I need to stay current on skills for cave diving, which I emphatically intend to continue to do!)