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At 06:06 PM 11/20/1998 -0800, John Walker wrote: <<<I do in fact explain the different staging techniques but as to date have not incorporated them on training dives.. I still havent gotten a reason from anyone why they believe this is safer. >>> John, Incorporate them on one side first ---- Primary reason is cylinders are marked properly -- partner only has to look on one side to check your proper gas, Its part of a system that is easy to identify. A secondary reason that I belive is that primary regulators come over your right shoulder --- regulator on the right --- anything else should come from the left. I stack o2 on the bottom and teach it that way too. The more people who begin to start using stack and standard tank markings and tank position the better we will be. As for your students -- no need to over task load them --- just give them long dives in shallower water where they have time to work out the skills. Anything less than 60 minutes bottom time is really not usefull IMHO -- 90 minutes is better --- take advantage of no-stop EAN dives for this --- with time on thier side -- its not a load -- its just tasks to perform. IF the time is short it becomes a task load. also -- any tech diver candidate --- (and that is to be the correct term) needs to show proficiency in shallow water before moving deeper. Unfortunatley there are too many instructors out there who are still too green at general scuba training who are attempting technical training ... it sure would be nice to have instructors out there who have done more than one or two open water classes before jumping into tech training. Anyway --- just put them on the left -- let them learn that way. Joel Silverstein Scuba Training + Travel Co. http://www.NitroxDiver.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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