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I think you should actually talk to some cave divers and I think you'll find you are misinformed. I have and it's ridiculously dangerous and I even had a friend who died doing it. There is a reason you have to get a separate certification for diving with structures overhead.
The only way this makes any sense to me (on a per capita basis) is because cave divers probably are way more careful because they are aware of the challenges vs. open water divers who probably find it routine and make mistakes.
You seem to be completely missing the point I was making, I just don't know if it's because you are just looking to argue or what.
I have talked to cave divers. All of them said these cave diving deaths were 100% human error.
I never said it's not dangerous. Ever. I specifically said it is dangerous. Which is why you do need training, like I also mentioned... But if you are trained and have the proper equipment, then (depending on the cave) it's not as dangerous as people make it out. The cave which lead to this conversation specifically, is also not that dangerous as far as cave diving goes. It's "only" at 60 meters, only has 3 chambers, does not seem to have tight places you had to squeeze into. The divers who recuvered the bodies have been in caves that were 150+ meters deep, hundreds of meters long, with tight openings. But these victims went with no training, no guide line, and one tank of air. That is suicide.
Is driving a truck on a busy highway dangerous? Sure, there's many blocks of steel weighting tons and wheezing by at very fast speeds, and it's a more difficult vehicle to control. And there are accidents and roads deaths everyday. But if you have the training and take caution it's relatively fine. What the cave divers here did is the equivalent of driving a heavy truck in a highway, but with no driver's license, the truck hasn't passed inspection, and they're not wearing a seat belt. If someone does that, and then someone else comes along trying to use it as an excuse to talk about how dangerous it is, that would be sensationalism and fear mongering.