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I just think this is a great idea and if I don´t end up taking a whole new course when I get back into it, this is what I´ll do, looks like very good value for money....

I started out like you but found that keeping them all on the left (when 2 bottles) made it easier to squeeze thru restrictions, gave my arms greater freedom of movement and made deployment of decoregs easier without upsetting my balance (alu tanks)...when I carry 3 bottles, 1 is usually an al...

Malta is good, both wrecks and caverns and I didn´t think the marine life was that scarce... ymmv

I think IANTDs "technical diver" combined with some sort of gas-certification like adv. rec. tmx would fit your bill nicely... It seems to me that you couldn´t care less what it says on the card, but are looking to learn. My advice would be to contact a few instructors and ask questions maybe...

I think going fast or against current is a "trick" some DMs use to get people out of the water faster but I´ve never seen a female diveguide try that (a few male ones though)...I think some may do it to "help" keep their divers away from the bottom as well... I think your observation is spot...

Beautiful pics Catherine! Not to nitpick but I think the currency is the other way round, ie 1$ is .55€

I think everyone should set their own limits and abide by them... I don´t have an issue with overhead but I won´t do penetration that includes gear-removal without planning for it on the surface and I don´t think I´d plan for it if I was solo. If I end up in an unplanned CF I should have...

If you just want to say that you´ve been there you propably could do it all in a week but if you want to do more than "check boxes", I´d agree with the advice of doing two cities for 2-3 days instead...you´ll get some sense of the places you visit (3 days is very short for Rome anyway) and get a...

Define plan? ;)

Actually I think the "take home message" of that article is that the US-army (like a lot of other armed forces) HAS to lower standards, not because it want´s to, but because there aren´t enough volounteers that meet the old requirements ... It was meant more as a comment to illustrate the...

Im in!

Here´s the US-army policy on "overweight recruits", don´t know if it has anything to do with this discussion but thought some might like to read it...also some trends in standards of applicants... What's the official Army policy on overweight recruits? - By Jacob Leibenluft - Slate Magazine

I don´t think anyones disputing the fact that there are great looking women who don´t have the strength to lift a ham sandwich or the CV-fitness to walk up a flight of stairs without getting winded or that there are "fat" guys who can do both (propably while carrying the thin girl). Why the...

I heard there was a rift between AL and the Cousteaus...propably/maybe, just industry gossip though...

My observation is that fit divers (by my subjective estimation) seem to have it a lot easier and more fun than their unfit (again by my estimation) counterparts, even on "benign" dives. Fit divers seem to enjoy their dives further down on the "goodness scale" of dives. Fit divers unarguably...

Speaking only for myself, I prefer to dive only with the weight I need. For doubles that means that I dive without weights. If I did have to remove my gear uw, I´d make sure to hold onto my harness to keep from floating away, likely this would be inside a wreck or somewhere like that where...

You thought DIR had a monopoly on good SAC? You thought there is something magical about being horizontal? That an s-drill is an incantation that lowers your SAC and makes you a better diver? Some people will defy your every expectation...most people won´t...

I did my tmx/wreck courses in Pompano Beach and I must say that the diving there is very different...Spent about a month there in total, "smartbombing"... The first time I heard a briefing that went something like this: "When I say jump, we jump in and descend about 80ft/min until we hit the...

I love "le grand bleu" but I don´t think it´s an accurate description of the european dive scene (though I have seen some italian/french enzo-wannabe divers)...

I´m not sure if I´m supposed to answer since I´m an OC tech diver/dm and new CCR-diver but... I don´t do skills-dives. I decided early on that I´d rather spend 5-10mins on every dive (or more if I´m bored) doing skills than dedicating entire dives to skill-practice. I´ll admit I´ve done a few...