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Bouyancy control. Complete comfort with the underwater environment. Buddy breathing. Good buddy skills. These can be corrected by getting rid of the $99 openwater classes that last two weeks and provide nothing, and instead gaining diving experience. Sure, you could take PADI's Peak Performance Bouyancy Specialty to master your bouyancy control, but that should be something you've mastered by the time you get that openwater card. Ken > Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 22:26:44 -0800 > To: cavers@cavers.com > From: mzimmerman@uc*.ed* (Matt Zimmerman) > Subject: Candidate improvement > Towards the improvement of the overhead environment candidate, would some > of the more experienced cavers like to state opinions of what skills a > candidate should have mastered? Or what kind of situations that the > candidate should be able to handle? > > Any suggestions on improving these diving skills before entering training? > General advice like "work on your bouyancy control" is not really helpful. > > > Matt Zimmerman > Center for Molecular Medicine East Rm 3020 > University of California San Diego > 9500 Gilman Dr. > La Jolla CA 92093-0684 > tel (619) 534-8803 > fax (619) 534-7286 > > > "Say, is that your Captain Marvel secret decoder lunchbox you got hanging back there?" - Anon E. Mouse
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