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--------------E0C7279FFBFDE25C1E1FAC36 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Solo Diving Certification ... sounds like the Extended range story .... Don't you people see what is all about ? The Magic word is P R O F I T !!!! They will do everything for the sake of it !!! Manufacture , fancy " NITROX " regulators , space age bondage double bladder red wings , drop divers beyond 50m on air and name it Extended range diving . They will have an idiot behind a desk who calculate $$$ Numbers scratch his d$#@head and think ? What is next to make profit ? Lets be the first to have a SOLO certification course or Lets pay the right people to promote it , if the instructor disagrees about it ... so give him some green staff , we will get it back from the customers anyway. So here it comes the new product .... who cares if it is plain b%$^it , people will buy it if you follow the rules The right ... paint , The right people to promote it , the best lawsuits to defend it , just add water. And the d$#@head scratches his head again and thinks who gives a fu^%# if they drop dead ...im not diving ... and continues recalculating .....$$$. Manos Manoli Limassol - Cyprus Allyson wrote: > Bret Gilliam , who is the Technical Diving Editor of Rodale's Scuba > Diving, wrote an article in that magazine (pg 53 of April 2001) > titled "Solo Certification: It's Time. Will 'Solo Diver' be the new > C-card you flash on your next dive trip?" If they are not offering > that class now I believe they are setting themselves up to do that. > Apparently from this article they took an online pole: 57% of those > poled said "yes" if they were offered a solo diver certification they > would take it. 26% said "no". 17% said "who needs certification? I > already dive solo."Pre-requisites for the solo certification > are:-advanced diver certification-min. of 100 logged dives-approved > physical examination.Looks like they found a way to get more > $$$. Allyson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thom Hadfield [mailto:Festeraeb@ho*.co*] > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 10:47 PM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Solo classes > > My nitrox classes were through TDI and although I do some > solo diving. I have set limits for my self to no greater > than 30' and usualy only solo in area's that are set up for > classes like a local lake near me or a quarry. I definately > see the dangers in solo diving but I had heard that TDI > offers a class on solo diving. Is this true? I am takeing > advice and working toward trimix but I see on the list of > classes for that progression is deep air. I have heard that > debate on hear before to and understand the mechanics of > using trimix and definately see the benifits. Where is a > good place to go from nitrox to doing timix and deco if deep > air is not in my plans. and again the other question just > for my own curiosity does tdi and others actually teach a > solo class. thom > --------------E0C7279FFBFDE25C1E1FAC36 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Solo Diving Certification ... sounds like the <br>Extended range story .... <p>Don't you people see what is all about ? <br><b>The Magic word is P R O F I T !!!!</b> <br>They will do everything for the sake of it !!! <br>Manufacture , fancy " NITROX " regulators , space age <br>bondage double bladder red wings , drop divers beyond 50m <br>on air and name it Extended range diving . They will have an <br>idiot behind a desk who calculate $$$ Numbers scratch his <br>d$#@head and think ? What is next to make profit ? <br>Lets be the first to have a SOLO certification course or <br>Lets <b>pay the right people</b> to promote it , if the instructor <br>disagrees about it ... so give him some green staff , <br>we will get it back from the customers anyway. <p>So here it comes the new product .... who cares if it is plain <br>b%$^it , people will buy it if you follow the rules <br>The right ... paint , The right people to promote it , <br> the best lawsuits to defend it , just add water. <p>And the d$#@head scratches his head again and thinks <br>who gives a fu^%# if they drop dead ...im not diving ... <br>and continues recalculating .....$$$. <p>Manos Manoli <br>Limassol - Cyprus <p> <p>Allyson wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> <span class=370252400-04062001><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="#0000FF">Bret Gilliam , who is the Technical Diving Editor of Rodale's Scuba Diving, wrote an article in that magazine (pg 53 of April 2001) titled "Solo Certification: It's Time. Will 'Solo Diver' be the new C-card you flash on your next dive trip?" If they are not offering that class now I believe they are setting themselves up to do that. Apparently from this article they took an online pole: 57% of those poled said "yes" if they were offered a solo diver certification they would take it. 26% said "no". 17% said "who needs certification? I already dive solo."</font></font></span><span class=370252400-04062001></span><span class=370252400-04062001><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="#0000FF">Pre-requisites for the solo certification are:</font></font></span><span class=370252400-04062001></span><span class=370252400-04062001><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="#0000FF">-advanced diver certification</font></font></span><span class=370252400-04062001><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="#0000FF">-min. of 100 logged dives</font></font></span><span class=370252400-04062001><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="#0000FF">-approved physical examination.</font></font></span><span class=370252400-04062001></span><span class=370252400-04062001></span><span class=370252400-04062001><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="#0000FF">Looks like they found a way to get more $$$.</font></font></span> <i><font face="Renaldo">Allyson</font></i> <blockquote dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div class="OutlookMessageHeader" dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1>-----Original Message-----</font></font> <br><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1><b>From:</b> Thom Hadfield [<A HREF="mailto:Festeraeb@ho*.co*">mailto:Festeraeb@hotmail.com</A>]</font>&l t;/font> <br><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 02, 2001 10:47 PM</font></font> <br><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1><b>To:</b> techdiver@aquanaut.com</font></font> <br><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1><b>Subject:</b> Solo classes</font></font> <br> </div> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>My nitrox classes were through TDI and although I do some solo diving. I have set limits for my self to no greater than 30' and usualy only solo in area's that are set up for classes like a local lake near me or a quarry. I definately see the dangers in solo diving but I had heard that TDI offers a class on solo diving. Is this true? I am takeing advice and working toward trimix but I see on the list of classes for that progression is deep air. I have heard that debate on hear before to and understand the mechanics of using trimix and definately see the benifits. Where is a good place to go from nitrox to doing timix and deco if deep air is not in my plans.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>and again the other question just for my own curiosity does tdi and others actually teach a solo class.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>thom</font></font></blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html> --------------E0C7279FFBFDE25C1E1FAC36-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. 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