How old are you?

[nielsent]

I only started diving a couple of years ago and i am not quite 30 yet... Probably started into solo around 50ish dives or so... However, I will admit that the person that put the idea into my head about solo diving was a NAUI Tec instructor and a avid solo diver that is in his 60's. He gave me a lot of information on the subject and mentored me on the ins and outs of diving in general. So you could say that i came into solo diving as a young man under the wisdom of an old man... (However, 60 don't seem that old to me).

 

[Tigerman]

I'm only in my thirties and started solo diving around the age of thirty.
I had put my life on the line in far more dangerous situations than solo diving before I started diving at all though, so managing risks was not something new to me.

 

[Stoo]

A better Q for the solo forum might be "how old were you when solo became one of your descriptors?"

B*gger off and make you own poll.

(It would be interesting)

 

[MauiScubaSteve]

It's just that I "kinda" ignore that number, as much as possible.

 

[bletso]

To some I was already old when I started diving at age 45. Now at 66 I must be ancient. I still prefer to dive with a buddy, though I teach solo and do dive it. Heck with my buddy, we are solo most of the time, usually passing each other a couple times during a dive or at the anchor line at the end. I am no longer afraid of deco as a lot of my dives involve some and we dive the devil mix all the time diving our homemade breathers.

Safe Diving,

Dale

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I'm 52 and didn't begin diving until I was 30. I still solo a few times a year, but not as much as a few years ago. I have a buit-in buddy at home now.
Before I met Merry, most of my dives were solo for several years.

 

[Rich Keller]

I started diving solo in 1970.

 

[sylpha]

i haven't reached the age where i'm proud to have achieved being that old and i hope i've many more things to achieve before i get to that age so i'm going to claim a woman's privilege & be coy about my age

 

[captain]

Learned to dive solo as apposed to learning to dive then learning to dive solo.

 

[LeadTurn_SD]

Began solo diving in 1976, as a teenager.

So it was not due to lack of friends to dive with, evolutionary, or whatever.....

The ocean was right there, and I wanted to dive!! Simple as that.

Best wishes.