kotik
Contributor
Okay, now I feel shame.
For my part, it's true that I'm making an assumption that the warnings against untrained divers entering caves have been communicated widely enough that anyone on Scubaboard at least must have heard it at some point. There's no way to know that, of course.
OP, no hate intended from me, my own post was meant in the spirit of friendly ridicule as I'd give any of my dearest buddies if I saw them doing something stupid. You may not be aware, but your experience reads effectively like a cliche. AOW has nothing to do with qualifying you for the cave environment. Get cave trained first. Then go see them. And don't patronize knuckleheads like the dive op that took you there.
For my part, it's true that I'm making an assumption that the warnings against untrained divers entering caves have been communicated widely enough that anyone on Scubaboard at least must have heard it at some point. There's no way to know that, of course.
OP, no hate intended from me, my own post was meant in the spirit of friendly ridicule as I'd give any of my dearest buddies if I saw them doing something stupid. You may not be aware, but your experience reads effectively like a cliche. AOW has nothing to do with qualifying you for the cave environment. Get cave trained first. Then go see them. And don't patronize knuckleheads like the dive op that took you there.