Originally Posted by
FW
How about these?
There is a world of difference between "a very experienced diver" and a very experienced cave diver.
Most of the recoveries we have done in caves have been "very experienced divers". A lot of them OW instructors.
Sadly a lot of experience in other types of diving only seems to give people over confidence in their limited experience in caves.
I have been cave diving for 44 years, and scootering ever since they were first used in caves. I wouldn't begin to consider myself qualified to dive a wreck, or dive under ice. Why would you think an experienced wreck diver could do the same type of dives as an experienced cave diver?
What worries me most about this thread is the "goal oriented" plan. Some of the best cave divers have been lost doing goal oriented dives. Sheck Exley, Steve Burman, Ron Simmons, and Agnes Milowka come to mind.
At the very most, the plan should be to go into Ginnie, and practice with scooters, stages, towing spare scooters, and each other, if they have never done that before.
I haven't seen an answer to the question posted earlier asking how many post full-cave dives they have, or if they have had any scooter training, or at least practice in all the scooter skills, like towing while buddy breathing, etc.
