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Technical Diving – The Experience Paradox

Filed Under: Scuba Tech Philippines Articles, Technical Diving Articles by Andy Davis

August 7, 2019

Technical Diving – The Experience Paradox by Andy Davis. Many technical divers assume that acquiring greater training and experience must increase safety.  This is a flawed assumption. Accident statistics in technical diving, along with other sporting and industrial fields, show a distinct tendency for elevating risk as significant experience accumulates. The reason is complacency. A […]

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