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Dave, I agree with you 100%. Ms. Soler's question albeit a bit broad, is pertinent to this list. While I have 15 years of diving experience, I have only been caving and tech diving for 1 year and consider myself a novice of limited experience. I lurk on this list to learn, and rarely post unless I really need info from a fellow list member. The reason I rarely post is clearly defined by the answers received by Ms. Soler. We were all novices when we began, and with that goes a thirst for knowledge. That is what is so attrative about tech and cave diving. Not just the doing, but the learning and the planning and the mental ability it requires to be successful. dan dkeenan@mh*.sb*.co* Date: Tue Aug 29 15:16:41 1995 From: daemon@te*.ne* Subject: Tech Diving?? To: techdiver@terra.net Ms. Soler asked a question. Maybe a naive question by (some of) our standards, but a question nonetheless. She is probably a recently certified diver, or one who has been pretty restricted in her diving. She has heard of this "technical diving" realm. She sees the title of this list, and asks her ques- tion.... Civil answers might induce another diver to follow a course of instruction and experience-gaining, and thus enter the "fold". Isn't that what we want, or is it an exclusive little club for those already there by talent or luck? Maybe she will see how multi-ramous the term "technical diving" is, and how many options for having fun with it there are. Maybe she will decide to pass, and not get hurt trying to extend her range by herself. All are legit- imate and laudable courses. But-apologies in advance to any who may have e-mailed her a courteous reply via private e-mail-instead she gets various eyebrows-raised wise-ass comments designed to put her in her place and show her just how little we (for some unstated value of "we" < 100%) think of her and her diving. Very productive. Maybe she'll just die or quit and leave us alone in our self-importance. One need not ever strap on a tank to achieve "strokedom"; a keyboard and modem will suffice. Dave Ventre "Flames cheerfully scoffed at" Quincy MA -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'.
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