GJim you got me again!! (once the ice melts I will be outside and not on the web)
So everyone agrees experience is very important but what about a twist to define what 'experience' means?
If you are safe, cautious, don't push air, dive with good buddies and have 1000 uneventful and safe dives do you learn more than someone who dives with all kinds of students, dives Coz and Quarries, maybe some Ice and tech dives but only has 300 dives?
That is not meant to be specific but I frequently see experience listed as critical (especially by those with experience) yet I don't see a lot about what that means. Experience saving lives? Pushing boundaries, Doing CPR, or diving completely trauma free and without stress. Just a question I have wondered on other topics. Sometime I think maturity and or attitude vs experience is underrated and while they may go together they may not. Hope it adds to but does not derail the OP.
So everyone agrees experience is very important but what about a twist to define what 'experience' means?
If you are safe, cautious, don't push air, dive with good buddies and have 1000 uneventful and safe dives do you learn more than someone who dives with all kinds of students, dives Coz and Quarries, maybe some Ice and tech dives but only has 300 dives?
That is not meant to be specific but I frequently see experience listed as critical (especially by those with experience) yet I don't see a lot about what that means. Experience saving lives? Pushing boundaries, Doing CPR, or diving completely trauma free and without stress. Just a question I have wondered on other topics. Sometime I think maturity and or attitude vs experience is underrated and while they may go together they may not. Hope it adds to but does not derail the OP.