Well when I first got started diving 30 years ago all of the stuff that you get in advanced now days, you got with your basic ow cert. For example I just read a few months ago someone during a rescue course did a little buddy breathing. When you take your basic now days they tell yo the furthest thing you want to do is buddy breath, but 30 years ago that was part of your basic open water cert training.
I realise that 30 years ago people who took diving did it for other reasons besides recretion, they did it for an interest in the profession. And the basic open water course was alot more intense then it is today. I mean for padi basic I think we took four class room classes and pool dives. Then we did the four open water cert dives and we were certified.
30 years ago before we started our open water dives, the instuctor gave us a quick class in mouth to mouth recessitation, with practical experience on a real human. I didn't like that too well. I mean mouth to mouth with a male instructor was a bit much for me at the time.
I mean if they were going to give us practical experience a person who had a beard could have at least had the beard at the other end of her body.
I realise that 30 years ago people who took diving did it for other reasons besides recretion, they did it for an interest in the profession. And the basic open water course was alot more intense then it is today. I mean for padi basic I think we took four class room classes and pool dives. Then we did the four open water cert dives and we were certified.
30 years ago before we started our open water dives, the instuctor gave us a quick class in mouth to mouth recessitation, with practical experience on a real human. I didn't like that too well. I mean mouth to mouth with a male instructor was a bit much for me at the time.
I mean if they were going to give us practical experience a person who had a beard could have at least had the beard at the other end of her body.