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> With all due respect. > > There are lots of divers and instructors besides GUE > instructors doing this. > Most of us couldn't care less about the c-cards. Obviously the pack of c-cards you can carry around is not important, but my point was more to do with the official agencies. I was alluding to the fact that GUE has published and detailed what they do in terms of rigging, procedures, etc. There are alot of divers who have figured things out for themselves and are teaching others. In terms of a set of standards that deals with a broad range of issues, nothing like it exists anywhere else. It is not all encompassing, but it comes close. So, if the question is, what agency should one look to for training, the answer is GUE. However, if the question is "with whom should I train?", the answer is more complicated, as you point out. > I learned more from diving and listening to > experienced divers. The cave card > is all you need from any agency so you can get into > the restricted caves to > dive. The main purpose of C-cards is to get you into places, on boats, gets your tanks filled with mix, etc. Not having the right one can be a real PIA sometimes. I was having some dry suit problems, and had an upcoming trip, so I figured, hell, its just for a weekend, I'll rent a DUI and sort it out when I get back. Wrongo- somehow I never got a "dry suit diver" c-card and the shop where I had my suit made didn't have one to rent on short notice. As the PADI shop owner explained it to me, without a c-card, is something happened whilst wearing a suit he had rented me, his liability insurance might not cover him. I really have no arguement with you on the points you make, its just that we were looking at this issue from slightly different angles. Wendell > > __________________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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