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av8er23
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howarde:
That makes sense I did not think of it that way.
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That makes sense I did not think of it that way.
Ber Rabbit:
Exactly.
Pretty soon I'll be taking call-ins and just mailing them out without ever get close to the water. Looks like the trend to me.
menemsha43
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I took an IANTD nitrox course that was excellent and there were no dives required.
StSomewhere
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The important thing to learn in a Nitrox class outside the applied algebra is how to properly analyze a tank.
Wow, the new owner of IANTD has really screwed up their new website. With no content, how will I tell it apart from the NAUI site?
j/k!
Unless the standards have changed in the past couple of months, IANTD Nitrox still requires two Nitrox dives.menemsha43:
Wow, the new owner of IANTD has really screwed up their new website. With no content, how will I tell it apart from the NAUI site?
j/k!
Personally, I was more comfortable with an instructor with me on my first Nitrox dives. The only gas I've ever put in my lungs my entire life is what we breathe in normal day to day activities.
I don't count the times when my wife holds the covers over my head. (Isn't she nasty??? :07: ) Back to the point... Psychologically, when I took that first breath of Nitrox at depth it was kind of creepy. Having an instructor with me gave me that sense of 'Everything is groovy, this is the way it's suppose to be, nothing is going to happen.'
After that, with the reassurance of the instructor, I was good to go. I dive Nitrox now with not another thought except for the standard precautions that go with it.
So, in closing, I doubt very seriously the LDS is out to specifically 'make a buck' off people by requiring a supervised dive. It is, I think, more of a 'We're here, and nothing is going to go wrong' type deal.
Then again, some people are fearless, and require no supervision. I'll never dive with them, that's for sure.
I don't count the times when my wife holds the covers over my head. (Isn't she nasty??? :07: ) Back to the point... Psychologically, when I took that first breath of Nitrox at depth it was kind of creepy. Having an instructor with me gave me that sense of 'Everything is groovy, this is the way it's suppose to be, nothing is going to happen.'
After that, with the reassurance of the instructor, I was good to go. I dive Nitrox now with not another thought except for the standard precautions that go with it.
So, in closing, I doubt very seriously the LDS is out to specifically 'make a buck' off people by requiring a supervised dive. It is, I think, more of a 'We're here, and nothing is going to go wrong' type deal.
Then again, some people are fearless, and require no supervision. I'll never dive with them, that's for sure.
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>>Then again, some people are fearless, and require no supervision. I'll never dive with them, that's for sure.<<
Don't do me any favors.
Don't do me any favors.
Don't worry. Never in a million years would I dream of it. >< Obviously taken out of context, but whatever.pescador775:
Not a blanket statement for everyone having the need for supervision in whatever task they are doing regardless of skill level. That'd be pretty stupid assumption, no?
Then again, some people know everything, don't they?
Good luck. :05:
Don Burke
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I can see both views
1. The diver who wants to get nitrox certified to go on vacation and does not want to go through the grief of getting in two dives in a terrible diving environment just to satisfy a paperwork requirement.
2. The instructor who wants to ensure the trainee has good enough buoyancy skills.
My take is that the dives should be left up to the instructor if there are no skills required to be shown. I showed no skills on my dives since the instructor was not even with me.
If there are skills required to be shown (such as buoyancy), they should be shown on dives on air before any nitrox training.
Yes, was going to dive anyway, but not in muck to no good purpose.
1. The diver who wants to get nitrox certified to go on vacation and does not want to go through the grief of getting in two dives in a terrible diving environment just to satisfy a paperwork requirement.
2. The instructor who wants to ensure the trainee has good enough buoyancy skills.
My take is that the dives should be left up to the instructor if there are no skills required to be shown. I showed no skills on my dives since the instructor was not even with me.
If there are skills required to be shown (such as buoyancy), they should be shown on dives on air before any nitrox training.
Yes, was going to dive anyway, but not in muck to no good purpose.
SeanQ
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Steele:
So is inhaling the helium from a ballon is a day to day activity for you? Don't tell me you've never done it. (Trimix divers can be quiet.
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SeanQ:So is inhaling the helium from a ballon is a day to day activity for you? Don't tell me you've never done it. (Trimix divers can be quiet.
Except when they squeak. ;-)
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