ooops, sorry, Me.

I did not mean to high-jack this thread....the original question I believe was if there is a personality type that goes against "do not enter" signs and are thus more likely to enter caves without training.

My initial response was yes there is and it's the same type that eventually gets training, thus many current cave divers are that type of personality (ignore rules, except the ones they make up for themselves, self-assured, somewhat asocial, low anxiety, well above average on sensation-seeking and risk-taking, attracted to activities requiring detailed planning).

I really don't think the ow diver going in caves is likely to be the kind of person with a death-wish, or lacking in self-control, or dumb, or feeling invulnerable, and no more likely or unlikely to be a red-neck. There are too many less expensive easier to get into activities for those types.

And there is that "go where no one has gone before" factor, which may be more like, "hmmmm, let me see what's around the next corner just out of sight from here." This is what draws people. In this case the sign would actually deter them. Someone already knows what is around this corner. And the sign points out the importance of needing some training before you go look, not that you can't go look.

I think Me also implied that maybe the grim reaper sign needed changing in some way - to make it more effective?

-skip