Take good care of your back.Not aware of RAID in Canada however I do have an IANTD instructor here.
And enjoy your adventure on what ever you decided.
All the best.
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Take good care of your back.Not aware of RAID in Canada however I do have an IANTD instructor here.
I would certainly agree with this. It made a significant improvement in my diving and was the first course that really challenged me.My first tech course TDI - AN/DP was the best course I ever took.
The biggest advancement in skills by far.
Even if you don’t plan on doing tech dives I would always recommend a tech class just for the skill development.
I’m sort of unsure what your asking.
You have done the majority of the rec classes shy of wreck but that’s in the works and dont want to go pro or do tech classes.
just go dive and enjoy it I guess
The OP dives SM due to a back injury. Are you guys who are recommending Fundies volunteering to go up to the Great White North to haul his tanks around for him?
@Hartattack
What I take issue with is the knee jerk blanket response of “take Fundies” for everyone. Are you going to tell someone with a shoulder injury who is unable to do valve drills on doubles to take Fundies? GUE is not into “adaptive” diving, as far as I can tell.
I dive SM myself due to knee/sciatica issues that left me in a great deal of pain after just walking my small HP80 doubles around the quarry. As a result, you will not see me in doubles again. I roll my tanks down to the water whenever possible. Just because YOU with a back injury are still able to dive doubles, doesn’t mean everyone - like the OP - with a back injury will be able to.
My tech/cave instructor, who is not “hack instructor” (per @rjack321), is all for diving in ways that work for the individual. She’s the one who got me back into SM. GUE’s way of diving doesn’t work for me.
I don’t give a flying fig if Fundies is the bee’s knees. I’m not going to risk my knees and be in massive pain just to dive the way someone who doesn’t know me thinks is better.
@Hartattack
What I take issue with is the knee jerk blanket response of “take Fundies” for everyone. Are you going to tell someone with a shoulder injury who is unable to do valve drills on doubles to take Fundies? GUE is not into “adaptive” diving, as far as I can tell.
I dive SM myself due to knee/sciatica issues that left me in a great deal of pain after just walking my small HP80 doubles around the quarry. As a result, you will not see me in doubles again. I roll my tanks down to the water whenever possible. Just because YOU with a back injury are still able to dive doubles, doesn’t mean everyone - like the OP - with a back injury will be able to.
My tech/cave instructor, who is not “hack instructor” (per @rjack321), is all for diving in ways that work for the individual. She’s the one who got me back into SM. GUE’s way of diving doesn’t work for me.
I don’t give a flying fig if Fundies is the bee’s knees. I’m not going to risk my knees and be in massive pain just to dive the way someone who doesn’t know me thinks is better. I highly doubt it would be appreciated if someone showed up for Fundies with a SM rig.
It’s a moot point. I dive SM. No doubles, no single tank. No Fundies. I’ve done plenty of stuff just for knowledge. Will I do Fundies? No. And no means no.
It appears that he has by stating he is not interested in back mount due to a back injury. Your continued insistence that fundies is the only way to go is tending to perpetuate some of the stereotypes associated with GUE rather than dispelling them .Lets let OP make that decision, shall we?