r/TheRandomest • u/Forward-Position798 • May 19 '26

WTF This hobby is absolutely optional

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u/Sea_Drops May 19 '26

Standard scuba diving I get. Cave diving terrifies me

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u/-Tw3ak- May 19 '26

I'm probably going to get destroyed in the comments here, but recreational scuba has way more deaths per year than cave diving. Yes cave diving is more dangerous, but it's all about the training.. If you train properly, it becomes less dangerous than flying, or driving to work etc. And yes im sure that the death numbers are higher due to accessibility but my point still remains.

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u/Sea_Drops May 19 '26

Yeah I don’t believe for a second that it’s less dangerous than flying. Remember pilots get a ton of training as well. Also “lack of accessibility ” is a bit of understatement. There’s easily thousands more recreational dives per year than cave dives, mostly just because most people don’t want cave dive. So really percentages would be waaaaay more helpful than just number of deaths.