>>2431102No, I cave dive, its not as dangerous as one may make it out to be.
Thing is and I hate to pidgion hole most divers but very few really do the sport for anything other then vacation once or twice a year. You need to have continual experience and ideally exposure to other experienced divers and instructors. Same deal with cave divers, you have to do it a lot and get a feel for it and just run through the drills and emergency evolutions till it becomes like a reflex.
For starters I solo dive which isn't recommended but I have rules and risk mitigating procedures. 1. I don't go bellow 30ft, I use a super redundant full face mask/re-breather I stick to shore dives locally, a $3k dive computer and carry a Garmin InReach SEPIRB (if SHTF on the surface) on top of just experience.
I dive more then 3 times a week and often a deep dive once a week.
It's not just a safety thing to properly ease into training and experience, it's also just an enjoyment thing, its far more fun when you aren't anxious about hazards and if they do happen it's not such a big deal.
This applies to many other sports, skydiving, long distance swimming, etc.
