Bump_Head
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I had completed my Intro to Cave course a couple of months ago in Thailand. I enjoyed it so much, I’m signed up for Full Cave next month. I did Cavern and Intro in a twinset so this time switching to SM for Full Cave.
My conundrum comes with my next potential training course. Prior to doing any cave training, I was set on taking TDI Extended Range. However now thinking that Trimix 60 might be a better option for cave diving. Though most places I dive around Asia don’t offer Helium and the Trimix 60 doesn’t allow for an increased depth on air only.
I had an instructor check with TDI and even though both courses are essentially the same with skills, the only requirement they will bypass is the written exam if I take both courses together. Each course is 4 days and I was hoping that perhaps I could decrease it to 6 days by enrolling in both courses. After all, once an instructor checks off say, a 15 meter no mask breath hold swim they shouldn’t need to see it again. But no joy from TDI on the request.
Hence my question: which course would be the next logical step or am I forced to take both to get what I want?
My conundrum comes with my next potential training course. Prior to doing any cave training, I was set on taking TDI Extended Range. However now thinking that Trimix 60 might be a better option for cave diving. Though most places I dive around Asia don’t offer Helium and the Trimix 60 doesn’t allow for an increased depth on air only.
I had an instructor check with TDI and even though both courses are essentially the same with skills, the only requirement they will bypass is the written exam if I take both courses together. Each course is 4 days and I was hoping that perhaps I could decrease it to 6 days by enrolling in both courses. After all, once an instructor checks off say, a 15 meter no mask breath hold swim they shouldn’t need to see it again. But no joy from TDI on the request.
Hence my question: which course would be the next logical step or am I forced to take both to get what I want?