BioLogic
Contributor
Sabbath and I made a cavern diving trip to Florida this past week. A great experience; but one thing did surprise me. From here, and from other reading, I'd gotten the impression that cave divers were very meticulous about following safety rules.
However, quite a few of the cave divers -- including cave instructors, resort owners, and professional divers -- suggested we basically blow off the cavern diver certification restrictions: 'Ahh, this one is essentially a cavern; it's one tunnel and no way to get lost' (the map showed that one being 90 feet deep with two side rooms) ... 'The second room's really worth seeing; it's pretty much a cavern' (the entrance was 65 feet down and there wouldn't be ambient light in most of the room) ... 'If you just go to the gate there's not much trouble to get into' (the gate was over 200 feet in) ... and so forth.
We stuck to the card's restrictions, and we're going to continue doing that until we can take the next class. If nothing else it's a great motivation to take the Intro class. What I'm wondering is if those attitudes are common or we got a skewed sample; and what's your opinion on these kinds of attitude?
However, quite a few of the cave divers -- including cave instructors, resort owners, and professional divers -- suggested we basically blow off the cavern diver certification restrictions: 'Ahh, this one is essentially a cavern; it's one tunnel and no way to get lost' (the map showed that one being 90 feet deep with two side rooms) ... 'The second room's really worth seeing; it's pretty much a cavern' (the entrance was 65 feet down and there wouldn't be ambient light in most of the room) ... 'If you just go to the gate there's not much trouble to get into' (the gate was over 200 feet in) ... and so forth.
We stuck to the card's restrictions, and we're going to continue doing that until we can take the next class. If nothing else it's a great motivation to take the Intro class. What I'm wondering is if those attitudes are common or we got a skewed sample; and what's your opinion on these kinds of attitude?