Tech diving future
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lol, I know. I guestimated on the prices. I do a lot of researching on my big purchases and have gotten some good deals here and there but it is a ridiculous sport no matter how you look at it 
ucfdiver
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A bit misleading too, in that most people don't own a rebreather and not sell their doubles.lol, I know. I guestimated on the prices. I do a lot of researching on my big purchases and have gotten some good deals here and there but it is a ridiculous sport no matter how you look at it
What types of sites are out there? What do you see?...Caves?...Do people scooter there too, or does my lazy butt have to swim?
In Colorado itself there is not much. As James suggested, the best tech diving is a 6 hour (roughly) drive from Denver in New Mexico. We go about once a month, one big happy family. James joins us from Texas when he can, and we get others from other areas. The only real tech site there is located on private property, and only a relative handful of people have permission to dive it. It is a sink hole, roughly round, from 400-500 feet across depending upon the direction of travel. I have not been to the bottom yet--it's a bit over 300 feet I'm told. We do our practicing there and go elsewhere on trips. A bunch of us just got back from Florida.
The sink is interesting geologically, and although people have been diving it for years, we really only have a vague notion of what it looks like. We know there is a very generous overhang in places, but we can't define it any more than "generous." One of our plans is to map it, which will be an ambitious undertaking. We are hoping to enlist the aid of some people who really know what they are doing in terms of surveying.
ucfdiver
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Well I'm breaking out the survey slate for some stuff here in FL this weekend assuming the landowner gives permission, hopefully I'll get enough practice by the time I move out there to help!
Have you got any idea of what is involved in either?
As a technical instructor, I am normally busting 12-14 hour days when teaching for a little bit over the minimum wage. When I am not teaching, I am desperately hounding potential students so I can fill the next course.
I'm not a commercial diver, but I've done a few "commercial diving" jobs. Generally these seem to involve either wallowing in an active sewer pipe trying to find cracks whilst wearing positive pressure gear to prevent infection, or zero vis construction where you are putting things together by feel. Sure it is well paid, but whether it's fun and exciting is a different thing.
Wayne (DCBC) will be able to give you a more realistic view of what is involved in commercial diving - but it's like the same as any other job, hard graft for the pay you get.
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