This is the second post in my attempt to get a continuous communication among people interested in tech diving in the Colorado area. I think things are very much looking up after this weekend at the Blue Hole and Rock Lake. We clearly have a lot of people interested.
For those who were not there, we had a spirited (in all senses of the term) encounter in our rooms at the Adobe Best Western around dinner time Saturday night with quite a few people joining in. Many expressed interest in taking classes like intro to doubles, into to tech , tech I, etc. We talked about equipment issues, and I pointed out that we had some extra equipment that could be borrowed during those phases of development. No need to go out an buy thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
Access to Rock Lake is obviously an issue, since it is severely restricted. You pretty much have to be there under the auspices of one of the very few approved instructors, which is also something that can be managed if we go through the right steps.
Going back to equipment, one thing that forming some sort of club could do is allow us to get some shared equipment. One thing we could really use, for example, is a booster. Right now our group has 4 industrial O2 tanks at about 1,000 PSI, and if you understand how 3 gas mixes are made (helium first), you see why that happens. Mixing gases without a booster is a pain, and it is expensive. But then, so is a booster. If we were working together, we could make something like this work. Ideally, we would like to have a portable compressor and booster on site.
Anyway, our next planned trip to Rock Lake is January 22-24. I may or may not be there, depending upon circumstances. If people are interested in beginning some training or joining in our group in any way, let's start talking.
For those who were not there, we had a spirited (in all senses of the term) encounter in our rooms at the Adobe Best Western around dinner time Saturday night with quite a few people joining in. Many expressed interest in taking classes like intro to doubles, into to tech , tech I, etc. We talked about equipment issues, and I pointed out that we had some extra equipment that could be borrowed during those phases of development. No need to go out an buy thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
Access to Rock Lake is obviously an issue, since it is severely restricted. You pretty much have to be there under the auspices of one of the very few approved instructors, which is also something that can be managed if we go through the right steps.
Going back to equipment, one thing that forming some sort of club could do is allow us to get some shared equipment. One thing we could really use, for example, is a booster. Right now our group has 4 industrial O2 tanks at about 1,000 PSI, and if you understand how 3 gas mixes are made (helium first), you see why that happens. Mixing gases without a booster is a pain, and it is expensive. But then, so is a booster. If we were working together, we could make something like this work. Ideally, we would like to have a portable compressor and booster on site.
Anyway, our next planned trip to Rock Lake is January 22-24. I may or may not be there, depending upon circumstances. If people are interested in beginning some training or joining in our group in any way, let's start talking.
I did hear Ron tell me he would take a intro to tech class with me...
