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| - | I have a lot of hobbies / sports that I pursue, but diving is the main one. About 2 years ago I began pursuing cave diving. | ||
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| - | Cave diving has a few major thrusts to it. Like any other sport it has its highlights, controversies, | ||
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| - | == training == | ||
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| - | Cave training is among the most rigorous dive training you can undertake, exceeded in difficulty perhaps only by introductory technical courses. This is more or less universally agreed. This is because the cave environment is among the most, if not the most, demanding environments you can dive in. It is full of both obvious and subtle dangers. Yet with proper training cave diving is arguably quite safe. Consequently there is heavy emphasis on proper training among cave divers...for the most part. | ||
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| - | == culture == | ||
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| - | Like any other sport cave diving has its own culture. This culture is informed by a rich history which I'll touch on in another section. | ||
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| - | == history == | ||
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| - | Cave diving has a surprisingly rich history, replete with legendary explorers, close calls, adventures, hair raising tales, records, triumphs, struggles, tragedies. I find it very interesting. It turns out that swimming into holes underwater to see where they go is an undertaking not dissimilar from something like exploring a new continent with all the human stories that come along with that. | ||
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