12/3/2006 - Dive minds

Divers are, generally speaking, more fun than other people.

I've worked in a lot of different industries, and overall, I have to say that the diving community is far easier to work with and enjoy working in, than any other industry I've been involved in.

I've never found something that ties so many different people together on such a regular basis. How many other interest or hobby groups can lay claim to having such a diverse group of people be so involved? Divers come from all walks of life - whether they're students or plumbers or doctors or salesmen or computer techs or politicians or artists or whatever, there's something about diving that just ties everyone together, isn't there?

The variety of people and interests I've discovered, and the amount of different things I've learnt since I started diving is amazing. I don't understand how some people can just stay at home in their little box and never venture further than the TV screen, because there is so much amazing stuff out there to learn about.