Rebreather World - View Single Post - Are Rebreather divers, in general, in worse shape than other divers?

onetime · 9th January 2006, 20:11

Quote: (Originally Posted by CCR900)

I don't know where it is but there is an age survey here on this site. The one thing I remember when I did see it was that the average age of rebreather users seems to fairly high (plenty of grey hair anyway). I can only assume this has something do with having the cash to spend (which normally increases with age

), alternatively it's a sex substitute.

All said and done the young have the monopoly on good health, so as the Portuguese say about all ailments as the years pass by: "PID" or "Puta da Idade" (Age is a Bitch).

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I saw that age survey as well, one thing that struck me in it was that they weren't as old as I might have expected. It was almost evenly split between those under 37 and those over. (117 over, 104 under)

And, I suspect, the number in the younger age is going to grow faster than the number in the upper ages as younger people are less risk averse and younger divers are going more "technical" sooner than older I believe.

Here's a link to the age survey:

http://www.rebreatherworld.com/gener...ners-only.html

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onetime Classic KISSer #138 Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: US, NJ Posts: 696	Re: Are Rebreather divers, in general, in worse shape than other divers? Quote: (Originally Posted by CCR900) I don't know where it is but there is an age survey here on this site. The one thing I remember when I did see it was that the average age of rebreather users seems to fairly high (plenty of grey hair anyway). I can only assume this has something do with having the cash to spend (which normally increases with age ), alternatively it's a sex substitute. All said and done the young have the monopoly on good health, so as the Portuguese say about all ailments as the years pass by: "PID" or "Puta da Idade" (Age is a Bitch). F I saw that age survey as well, one thing that struck me in it was that they weren't as old as I might have expected. It was almost evenly split between those under 37 and those over. (117 over, 104 under) And, I suspect, the number in the younger age is going to grow faster than the number in the upper ages as younger people are less risk averse and younger divers are going more "technical" sooner than older I believe. Here's a link to the age survey: http://www.rebreatherworld.com/gener...ners-only.html
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