The term "technical diving" is worse than useless. Various agencies and groups have different definitions of the term, so it's impossible to know exactly what someone means when the use it. Even when everyone agrees on the definition (for example when instructors from a single agancy are having a discussion), what's the purpose of using the term? Usually, cave diving is considered "technical" as is trimix diving and penetration of wrecks. Using those as an example it's quite common to have three "technical" divers who are all highly skilled and well trained, none of whom are qualified to do what the other does regularly. I would not refer to them as "technical" divers. I would refer to them as a cave diver, a trimix diver and a wreck penetration diver. Those terms actually mean something. The term "technical" diver seems to be nothing more than an ego trip. Unless one is diving as a job, the diver is doing it for recreation and is a recreational diver.
gotta agree with you Walter.
if your not diving for a paycheck then that dive is a recreational dive.
doesn't matter if that dive is in 20 fsw on a fish-filled coral reef or 300 ffw on a wreck or 12,000 feet into a cave system.
your not getting paid for it, your doing it for fun, its recreational.
beats me what "technical" means.
i guess the laws of physics and all that don't apply if your not doing a "technical" dive.
OK, lets make a deal. If you stop telling me how to dive, I'll stop going down to the bus station at 2am to slap d***s out of your mouth.
