Cute Comments For "Old Cave Divers"

[CaptainSpeleo]

Someone just sent these to me, and I thought some of you who have been cave diving for a long time might find them humorous. I'll be hitting the big 6-0 in November and have been cave diving since 1987, so I guess I can classify myself as an "Old cave diver".

"Old spelunkers never die. They just cave in."

"Old cave divers never die. They just extend their bottom time."

[Dwain]

Reminds me of a bumper sticker that I had from the Old Branford Dive Shop back in the mid 80's.... wish I still had it.

Cave Divers Do It Deeper


:partyman:

[Gary]

Cavers do it deeper, stay down longer, get wetter and always come up satisfied. 8)

[nwade]

Seems like I have also heard that "Cave divers do it in the dark". :smt112

[John L.]

Cave diving-a sport where guys get batteries for their toys too!

[Jim Wyatt]

Cave Divers dive deeper & penetrate further.

I have seen that as a bumper sticker. :oops:

[Tegg]

Sidemounters like it tight and dirty (silty).

[CaptainSpeleo]

I remember the bumper stickers that had sexual overtones. :oops:

[Tegg]

Real cavedivers know how to lay the line.

Real cavedivers have a big REEL.

Cavedivers don't retire, they just take a long surface interval.

[FW]

Someone just sent these to me, and I thought some of you who have been cave diving for a long time might find them humorous. I'll be hitting the big 6-0 in November and have been cave diving since 1987, so I guess I can classify myself as an "Old cave diver".

"Old spelunkers never die. They just cave in."

"Old cave divers never die. They just extend their bottom time."

Most "dry" cavers don't like to be called spelunkers. That is a word conjured up by newspapers (in the '40s, I think), and it was basically used as an insult.

1987? You are just a newbie :-)

[Jim Wyatt]

1987? You are just a newbie :-)

Indeed!!! :wink:

[normblitch]

Reminds me of a bumper sticker that I had from the Old Branford Dive Shop back in the mid 80's.... wish I still had it.

Cave Divers Do It Deeper


:partyman:

My t-shirt read "Cave Divers have the Longest Hoses"
nhb

[ARY]

"Cave Divers have the Longest Hoses"
I "killed" once a group of openwaters asking my buddy: "Hey reelman, how about S-drill?". They kept it away of us.

[CaptainSpeleo]

I was 40 years old when I started diving in 1986. A year later, I was diving caves and caverns and deep sinkholes. It's about the only type of diving that I do now. I think I've moved out of "newbie" status after doing it for 18 years and logging well over 1,000 dives. I mostly dive with a sidemount rig now because my lower back and knees don't handle 100+ pound doubles too well anymore, especially on long walks or hard climbs. I've also seen a lot of new caves and some new places in the older caves since I started sidemounting.

[FW]

I think I've moved out of "newbie" status after doing it for 18 years and logging well over 1,000 dives.

That was only a joke sonny :-)

I think Hal Watts, and George Krasle have a big head start on both of us :-)

They are both still diving too.

[CaptainSpeleo]

I knew you were just joking about my "newbie" status.:wink:

I took a deep air course(240') with Hal Watts and Dick Oberlies in September 1987. After taking a Trimix course with Larry Green in August 1996, it was great to start diving below 200' with a clear head.:-D

I have to give credit to divers like Hal Watts and Tom Mount and some others for doing the type of diving that they do at their age. I hope that I'm still able to dive caves when I reach "senior citizen" status.:)

[BillBowden]

so I do know my ass from a hole in the ground.

[Jim Wyatt]

I was 40 years old when I started diving in 1986. A year later, I was diving caves and caverns and deep sinkholes. It's about the only type of diving that I do now. I think I've moved out of "newbie" status after doing it for 18 years and logging well over 1,000 dives.

I too was kidding you--I started cave diving when I was 17 - I am 50 now. I bacame an NACD instructor when I was 18. :roll:

[Maya]

I started cave diving at 16, got my instructor's at 18 or 19. Sheck told me once that I was the youngest female cave diving instructor ever....however Sheck also always said that you could make a record out of any stat!

[Bill Oigarden]

I guess there were a lot of us youngsters back then.
Cave diver at 16, NACD instructor at 20, CDS instructor at 21.
I am 47 now and feel as good as I did back then. Hopefully a little wiser.

[CaptainSpeleo]

Going on 60 has slowed me down a little from doing those long, brutal dives, but I still enjoy cave diving and hope to be able to do it for several more years. :)

[OFG-1]

so I do know my ass from a hole in the ground.

I guess the big question is, have you figured out which is more interesting?