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-- [ From: Ribaum * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- All right, I've donned my flameproof wetsuit and I'm prepared to jump in to this list. I've noticed that most of the discussion on this list is about deep diving, gas mixtures, and caves. Just what is the general opinion of what makes a dive a technical dive? I rarely dive deep (exception:I once went to 154 feet to retrieve a video camera that was dropped), but I also rarely dive in conditions that the average sport diver encounters. Most of my dives are shallow (30 - 60 feet), in heavy current, with low viz (I consider 3 feet to be exceptionally good). In addition to this I dive in water from 45 degrees F to 82 degrees F. I spend a lot of my dives trying to bring up large objects found on the river bottom, such as old anchors or lead pigs weighing as much as several hundred pounds. I also spend a fair amount of time diving on shipwrecks off the South Carolina coast, there are numerous old blockade runners along our shores and it is rare when the diving is in what anyone could call good conditions(14 feet deep, strong current 2 feet of visibility is the norm). Penetration of these old ships(when there is enough left to penetrate is challenging to say the least. Is this considered techdiving by the members of this list? If not does anyone know of an appropriate list for discussing the issues of low viz, low temp, artifact recovery, etc. Rick -- ribaum@sc*.ne* Rick Bauman Please check out my SCUBA page - http://www.sims.net/ribaum/scuba/ rbauman@ri*.co* Rick Bauman Graphic and Web Page Designs http://www.sims.net/ribaum
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