DIR- Generic Age and Demanding Diving
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I did my fundies when i was 42.
Im 46 now finished tech1
Train hard dive easy as me mentor would say
Fundies was the most demanding since i had to relearn everything i thought how to dive.
Did all my oc tdi courses after that smoothly as well as my tech1 just recently…
But they were all nothing like fundies
Im 46 now finished tech1
Train hard dive easy as me mentor would say
Fundies was the most demanding since i had to relearn everything i thought how to dive.
Did all my oc tdi courses after that smoothly as well as my tech1 just recently…
But they were all nothing like fundies
Imho age is not that big deal in this sport as long as you stay active(and by active yes must exercise). But yes when younger it is way more easy to recover. I'm 51 now and after an extremely demanding cave dive I feel it for the next couple of days (something like a 4hr+ multi stage dive).
When I took my cave 1 back in Jan 2001 there wasn't Fundies just yet ( I know I didn't have to have it) and the instructor had to cover that and the cave skills. There was a lot of attrition of students not passing do to the poor execution of the core skills of a lot of experienced tech divers of the time. So back then I was worn out ready to pass out each day and I had been practicing the core skills for over 12 months(my buddy was already certified). My avatar is from that cave training trip and that is a pair of JJ's personal doubles at Little River parking lot and my instructor was Tyler Moon. Thank goodness for Fundies to put you on the right path so you can work on your skills before taking/attempting c1 or t1
GUE instructors are very demanding that your skills have to be on point, which you should expect out of any Tech instruction. What's nice about GUE all the instructors have to be at that expert/exploration level and follow procedure so you just have to find one that you can work with. As with the other agencies it can be hard to nail down the three.
Not currently GUE but when I take a course I look for the instructor that is going challenge me and improve my skills and then personality. A few of my past instructors were a little rough around the edges.
Also one last thing is if you can, try and take different courses with different instructor as we all have our own tricks and nuances and find one that does not only teach the course but are fun diving on a regular bases at that level or higher. The industry is plagued by instructors that teach but never/once in a while do the fun dives that they are teaching people; but I am not saying they are bad instructors it's the one that is doing the dives regularly will have more real world experience to pass on.
When I took my cave 1 back in Jan 2001 there wasn't Fundies just yet ( I know I didn't have to have it) and the instructor had to cover that and the cave skills. There was a lot of attrition of students not passing do to the poor execution of the core skills of a lot of experienced tech divers of the time. So back then I was worn out ready to pass out each day and I had been practicing the core skills for over 12 months(my buddy was already certified). My avatar is from that cave training trip and that is a pair of JJ's personal doubles at Little River parking lot and my instructor was Tyler Moon. Thank goodness for Fundies to put you on the right path so you can work on your skills before taking/attempting c1 or t1
GUE instructors are very demanding that your skills have to be on point, which you should expect out of any Tech instruction. What's nice about GUE all the instructors have to be at that expert/exploration level and follow procedure so you just have to find one that you can work with. As with the other agencies it can be hard to nail down the three.
Not currently GUE but when I take a course I look for the instructor that is going challenge me and improve my skills and then personality. A few of my past instructors were a little rough around the edges.
Also one last thing is if you can, try and take different courses with different instructor as we all have our own tricks and nuances and find one that does not only teach the course but are fun diving on a regular bases at that level or higher. The industry is plagued by instructors that teach but never/once in a while do the fun dives that they are teaching people; but I am not saying they are bad instructors it's the one that is doing the dives regularly will have more real world experience to pass on.
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