kimbalabala
Contributor
The recent thread on the folks who might quit diving prompted me to ask this question. (I couldn't begin to think how to search for other threads on this - sorry).
My husband and I are 59 and 53 (respectively) and have no immediate plans to quit diving, but I'm wondering if there is a general age when the body begins to fight the rigors of diving. I know there are exceptional people who dive into their 80's - and I'd sure like that to be us - but what is the average age when people hang up their wetsuits one final time? Of course I know that individual health concerns can sideline us at any time - so again, just looking for an "average". Friends go on these cool trips to Europe to tour castles and museums, and we say that as long as we can dive all of our trips will be dive trips - we'll do that other stuff when it's all we can do! I know we have a seriously narrow focus - but if we're going to spend the money it's going to be on diving!
My husband and I are 59 and 53 (respectively) and have no immediate plans to quit diving, but I'm wondering if there is a general age when the body begins to fight the rigors of diving. I know there are exceptional people who dive into their 80's - and I'd sure like that to be us - but what is the average age when people hang up their wetsuits one final time? Of course I know that individual health concerns can sideline us at any time - so again, just looking for an "average". Friends go on these cool trips to Europe to tour castles and museums, and we say that as long as we can dive all of our trips will be dive trips - we'll do that other stuff when it's all we can do! I know we have a seriously narrow focus - but if we're going to spend the money it's going to be on diving!