Lukas
Guest
First, I apologize in advance in case I sound stupid.
Ok, this is a hypothetical situation for me, as I do not own a rebreather, and I'm not planning to do Cave 1 and 2 anytime soon (Not because caving doesn't entice me, I am absolutely hooked on anything cave related , I just don't have the money ).
However, since rebreathers are in the long run a bit more cost efficient, and simply wayyy cooler to dive (they are of course also more dangerous, but theire getting better every year) I know I'll end up with one at some point in my diving career (if you can call it that).
So, I was sort of thinking of skipping the whole doubles tech setup step for monetary reasons and go straight to a rebreather, then go on from there. However, GUE REQ.'s say that you have to have a min. of 20 dives with a doubles setup for cave 1. Since most LDS's I've been to won't rent a doubles setup (and I wouldnt WANT to do 20+ rec dives and all my course dives in rentals anyways), I would have to buy my own doubles wing, manifold, backup reg, etc etc. Now this costs a lot of money, and since I'm planning to dive RB in the end run anyways, is there a way I could skip this and go straight to the RB and do courses from there?
Ok, this is a hypothetical situation for me, as I do not own a rebreather, and I'm not planning to do Cave 1 and 2 anytime soon (Not because caving doesn't entice me, I am absolutely hooked on anything cave related , I just don't have the money ).
However, since rebreathers are in the long run a bit more cost efficient, and simply wayyy cooler to dive (they are of course also more dangerous, but theire getting better every year) I know I'll end up with one at some point in my diving career (if you can call it that).
So, I was sort of thinking of skipping the whole doubles tech setup step for monetary reasons and go straight to a rebreather, then go on from there. However, GUE REQ.'s say that you have to have a min. of 20 dives with a doubles setup for cave 1. Since most LDS's I've been to won't rent a doubles setup (and I wouldnt WANT to do 20+ rec dives and all my course dives in rentals anyways), I would have to buy my own doubles wing, manifold, backup reg, etc etc. Now this costs a lot of money, and since I'm planning to dive RB in the end run anyways, is there a way I could skip this and go straight to the RB and do courses from there?