technical or recreational???

[cdtgray]

While courses such as nitrox and the new recreational trimix certainly add to the knowledge and skill base of recreational divers, I feel strongly that training such as adv. nitrox, trimix, wreck penetration, cave, and so forth should not be viewed as a natural progression of recreational diving.

While in the past using a mix other than air may have been considered "technical," the major divide between rec and tec is the addition of multiple gasses and/or the inability to make a direct ascent to the surface whether phycially imposed (wreck or cave) or imposed by decompression obligations.

Divers need to build up a recreational base to trasition to tech, but tech is not for everyone and should not be viewed as such.