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George wrote:
> Matt, if you really want to learn this, show up first, see what they
> teach you, go back and pratice that in open water, and then come back
> and finish the course(s). Spread it out.

Exactly correct.  I spread it out over 3 years (ok longer than I really
wanted due to extenuating circumstances), but then again I am only
better off for it.

Almost all cave skills can be practiced in simulated circumstances in
your local quarry.  Learn everything there, and demonstrate that
you know it when you take your cave class.  

Practice your buoyancy control in full cave gear.  Dive in full cave
gear until the gear is no longer the issue, until doubles no longer
faze you, and putting on a single again seems like weightlifting
with Nerf weights.  I pity the guys who show up for full cave and
have to totally convert from OW singles gear.  Too many new
things all at once.  Remove some of the variables on your own time,
ahead of the class.  There is enuf info out there to be rigged
correctly without the need to take a class first.

Best of luck,
Mike

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