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Thom, Bob Sherwood is a GUE instuctor who is likely willing to travel if you can get a few guys together for the course. You could also talk to Dan Mackay from Kingston at Northern Techdiver. I bet he'd travel for the right price. Call him 613-6diving. There are reasons why most serious tech divers use iso-manifolds. Independants are not safe. If you TDI friend tells you otherwise, I'd suggest finding a different instructor to be your mentor. ss On Sun, 12 Aug 2001, Thom Hadfield wrote: > > > btw I remember your first posts here some months ago regarding purchase of > > trimix and the flurry of replies asking you to slow down and get proper > > training. Have you been able to get into some training program and find > some > > experienced buddies ? > > > > Please tell me this list is not your primary source of knowledge and > advice > > for technical diving ? > > > > > Yes I have, I dive with an instructor often that is a friend who is trimix > certified and has done a lot of Lake superior and ocean diving. I am takeing > advanced nitrox and deco theory in sept. No this list is not my only source > but Being that there are not a lot of DIR instructores in this area I bounce > other ideas I have spoken with people about off the list for honest input. > In fact in my area most dive shope are TDI. I already know how most people > feel about TDI. I am looking at trimix next summer if I can afford to > assemble the apropriate gear and practice with the gear before the end of > next summer. I was looking at using independants on a 115-140(at the > deepest) foot dive using nitrox. And well I have not adapted the long hose > setup yet so I pass a short hose in any event. I also already have 2 spg so > it is not a cost. I am looking into re rigging and diving with a long hose. > I am currently set up with a primary, secondary, octo and spg on each rig. > Which I thought would be a little messy in an independant set up. I started > thinking about an independent setup from an Naui and IANTD instructor > suggested it as an option for the dive I mentioned above. I have been > patiently looking on ebay for a descent used manifold but I haven't ran > across a good deal yet. I do see their are more drawbacks than I had > originally thought about. As far as do i use this list for my soul tech > diving advice NO but I like to take in all the info and opinions I have > acess to. But I also relise opinions are like asshole, everybody has one. SO > you have to sort through ands take some with a grain of salt. Again for > those that want to through flames I already understand that independants > aren;t the best way to acomplish a dive. But I was recongnising the fact the > iso's arent the only way. > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.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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