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>The original post on this thread ( I forgot who wrote it) was about
>the list of gear that TDI requires for their technical courses.
>That list includes (edited) redundant bladder BC, drysuit, mask
>etc...
>Does anyone know if this gear is mandatory, according to TDI?  In
>other words, if I were to take a course and not want to use a double
>bladder BC in addition to my drysuit and wings, would that be
>acceptable? I'm curious...
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>Andy Cohen
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Andy: according to my TDI standards book (it is TDI Canada though), this
course does not require any of this stuff...all the standards call for is a
BC that suits the conditions in which the dives are going to be conducted.
That's all. They do call for a back-up of some sort for the bottom
timer/depth gauge and so state that computers may be used (which is kind of
silly since it's gonna be beeping like a son of a bitch after the first
dive)...and it's from that requirement that George and I started to chat.

As for the particular gear, that's up to you and the instructor. You come
up with a good reason why you do or do not agree with carrying a pickaxe,
sextant and pneumatic chisel and they may listen...christ, they might even
learn something....Oh, about the back-up mask, I think that's been covered
already.

Just for the record...the course that started this whole tread going was
TDI's extended range or technical diver course...which in my opinion is a
wholly strange endeavor...the rest of the scuba program makes sense to me
but this one sort of hangs out there in the breeze...

Take care mate

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