The essence of technical diving is simply being prepared for everything, and being able to solve problems to the extent they can be solved while underwater. My technical and cave training consisted of having all kinds of problems thrown at me, and being expected to handle them while in midwater and while respecting my proximity to the line, to the rest of my team, and maintaining the deco schedule without deviation. It's pretty intense. You quickly find out that you are not quite as good as you think you are (and I don't mean specifically you -- I mean anyone who is taking such training). Anybody can read about deco theory, and learn to make a plan for a staged decompression dive. You need some deco software and a knowledge of how to do a gas plan, and to decide how many of what kind of contingencies you are going to plan for.
And just about anybody with decent buoyancy control can execute a simple "light" technical dive of the sort you describe. Where it gets sticky is where things do go wrong -- buddy separation, deco reg failures, losing the ascent line, sudden heavy current . . . you need as many contingency plans as you can, and you need to be able to keep your cool, keep thinking, and keep executing in the face of increasing stress. I'm not saying that either you or your daughter can't do these things -- I'm just saying that, once you have taken the training, you KNOW you can, and you've been through the exercise enough times so that failures become more of a "Yawn, oh THIS again" experience, rather than an OMG reaction.
I'd change your order of go, too. Take Fundies before Advanced Nitrox/Deco. Skills learned in Fundies will be VERY helpful in your AN/DP class.
BTW, I understand what you're doing. Monterey is a place that just begs for tech training, with all the beautiful structure that lies in the deeper recreational/technical range.
And just about anybody with decent buoyancy control can execute a simple "light" technical dive of the sort you describe. Where it gets sticky is where things do go wrong -- buddy separation, deco reg failures, losing the ascent line, sudden heavy current . . . you need as many contingency plans as you can, and you need to be able to keep your cool, keep thinking, and keep executing in the face of increasing stress. I'm not saying that either you or your daughter can't do these things -- I'm just saying that, once you have taken the training, you KNOW you can, and you've been through the exercise enough times so that failures become more of a "Yawn, oh THIS again" experience, rather than an OMG reaction.
I'd change your order of go, too. Take Fundies before Advanced Nitrox/Deco. Skills learned in Fundies will be VERY helpful in your AN/DP class.
BTW, I understand what you're doing. Monterey is a place that just begs for tech training, with all the beautiful structure that lies in the deeper recreational/technical range.