1-2 years
3-5 years
6-10 years
10 or more years
Last night at the bank this old Vietnam vet stopped me...called himself Maynard and told me Ll about his cavediving. He laid line at devils with sheck. Can't dive now due to health issues but seemed to have done quite a bit of diving before I was even born.
We must have a bunch of old guys on this board. There is already 20 votes for over 10 years and only 40 have voted.
I am not an old guy and if this poll was taken in a few months I'd fall in the 10+ bracket. I voted "C".
I keep finding known florida caves, its been damned difficult to find one NOT known, but I know they're out there!
Oh yeah... 3-5, better find something new before I get bored.
It's too late now, but I wish you had given him information about the CDF Social coming in July. Last year Tex Chalkley showed up, and he hasn't been cave diving in probably twenty years.Originally Posted by JahJahwarrior
Whoever said money can't buy love never bought a puppy.
yes more than 5 years.
Started in EU in 1995, never stopped since, hope it will keep going, when you are hooked you are.
Safe dives
Georges Gawinowski
www.cavedivertraining.com
Skip,
Looking at the frequency of 3-5 vs 6-10, and assuming a constant entry rate over the period, the hypothesis looks to probably be correct. However, given the high number OVER 10, it seems that if you get to 10, you pretty much never leave. It'd be nice to use a hazard rate model with annual numbers - 1,2,3, etc - rather than censored data, but I bet a fancy model would give the same result.
Therre's a selection bias problem of course - this could mean that they leave boards after 5 years rather than that they stop diving.
OK, hijack over, y'all can go back to talking about how old Forrest is...
Andrew Ainslie
Almost extinct cave diver
Well not that Forrest isn't old, but this is a picture of my first dry suit! (June 1973)
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When you're feeling really good
There's always a pigeon
That'll come shiat on your hood?" John Prine 4-7-2020
"Into the blue again; in the silent water
Under the rocks, and stones; there is water underground" Talking Heads
Liar! The photo is labeled 3-10-2010. You took that today!
Whoever said money can't buy love never bought a puppy.
Yeah, those were the days, eh?Of course, this one was only dry until I got in the water.
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Semper Fi, Cameron David Smith, my son, my hero. 11/9/1989 - 11/13/2010
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Shirley you're not serious? No, I'm not, but do stop calling me Shirley.
I have been cave certified since early 2000. i am still diving to this day but over the past year or so it has been a lot less than the previous years. hopefully that will change in 2010.
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