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>technology is generally available on a broad scale. Several rebreather >start-ups reportedly plan to offer systems within the year; Cis-Lunar >Labs, Prism Life Support Systems and Oceanic. Expect to see them offered >at the 95tek.Conference and receive some hands-on pool training. Note that >training will be an important component of purchasing a rebreather; a typical >training course will likely to run about 40-60 hours. >Finally, forum participants expressed the desire to form an association >for advanced diving technologies, code named, "Deja Vu." After all, there's >more to come. Confessed, Bishop Museum's Richard Pyle, "I always figured that The above is an excerpt from an article by Michael Menduno that Richard graciously published a week ago. I still have yet to hear trip reports from others that attended the Key West Rebreather conference - Richard, Dennis, we know *you* were there, what about others :^) I was stuck working hard blowing bubbles in Cozumel at the time :^) I do have a couple questions, though. Of that "40-60 hours" for a rebreather course, how much would be theory and reading that could be accomplished at home via a book/manual and then tested on site versus actual hands on training??? It seems that a course such as this could be broken down into 2 parts - a home study section and a pratical experience section, the latter of which could possibly be a long weekend (3-4 days?). During the home study, questions/etc could be handled by some type of email arrangement or even something as simple as a BBS. I am absolutely *not* looking forward to going to Florida (for some certifications that I plan on taking) to spend time in a classroom to learn something that I can pick up from a book/manual or already have knowledge of. -Carl-
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