So when .......

[texdiveguy]

.......is a diver a 'technical diver'..??

This is not a trick question....I just hear a lot of divers saying-- 'I am a tech diver'.

So what does this title mean to you?? Remember this is just a fun/conversation maker....nothing to serious.

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[cummings66]

Below 130 feet, overhead environment of any kind ala deco, caves, wrecks, etc. Any dive where you can not directly ascend to the surface and you are qualifed to make that dive makes you a technical diver.
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[Kimmie]

I think it's when you cannot ascend to the surface, regardless of depth

[CompuDude]

Anything where you go beyond recreational limits... in a carefully planned manner pursuant to specialized training. (i.e., accidentally living through it doesn't make you a tech diver, it makes you a lucky recreational diver) That means deeper than 130', and/or using mixes other than air/EAN40, and/or into an overhead environment, and/or beyond NDLs.

[woody]

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Originally Posted by cummings66

Below 130 feet, overhead environment of any kind ala deco, caves, wrecks, etc. Any dive where you can not directly ascend to the surface and you are qualifed to make that dive makes you a technical diver. </DIV>
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<DIV>This pretty much covers it.</DIV>
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[texdiveguy]

Originally Posted by woody

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<div>Well, it is ....</div>
<div>I think I'll stay off my soap box.</div></div>
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<div>This pretty much covers it.</div>
<div>Woody.</div>

LOL...I hear you on this.....thanks for staying in my requested bounds of simple-fun. :-)

[cummings66]

I feel so unworthy. Of course I am, I'm not a technical diver and I'm just starting the process of working towards it.
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<DIV>If my instructor is right, it's going to be a long hard road to get there.</DIV>

[texdiveguy]

Originally Posted by cummings66

I feel so unworthy. Of course I am, I'm not a technical diver and I'm just starting the process of working towards it.
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<div>If my instructor is right, it's going to be a long hard road to get there.</div>

It does not have to be un-fun though.....relax and just enjoy your training and diving....I bet your instructor will keep things interesting and challenging.

[Diver Dennis]

Originally Posted by cummings66

Below 130 feet, overhead environment of any kind ala deco, caves, wrecks, etc. Any dive where you can not directly ascend to the surface and you are qualifed to make that dive makes you a technical diver.
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True but it does not have to be an overhead environment.

[texdiveguy]

Originally Posted by Diver Dennis

True but it does not have to be an overhead environment.

I think he mentioned 'deco' in the framework of a virtual overhead.