Deep diving as a goal - the stigma.

[Kevrumbo]

I think what you call stigma is the aftermath of experienced divers discouraging inexperienced divers who are jazzed with going deep. With limited training a deep dive to nowhere is a risky short waste of time dive.

Your plan to gain experience and advance though technical training is fine. I suspect that once you appreciate the logistics, cost of deep diving gasses and commitment to your buddy team you will find something of interest to focus your deep diving efforts on.

At this point in your diving progression you just need to let you interests unfold. You may be surprised to see where experience takes you.

Pete

"The dive was a bounce dive to 90 meters with a bottom time of only 2 minutes. . ."
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/te...9-analyzing-90-m-trimix-dive-dahab-egypt.html

 

[Rhumbline]

With 25 dives and the deepest being 42 feet, it is natural to want to go deeper. Once you build your experience and comfort level to safely go as deep as any rec dive operator will take you, you may end up like me and say that's deep enough. I would rather spend a long time on a shallow dive, but there are some really cool wrecks and reefs at 110-120 feet in most parts of the world and I wouldn't want to miss them if the dive shop had a boat going out that morning.