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Hi Joe, 

I've been reading this thread and finally decided to jump in because IMHO the
need to emphasize holding your stop while drifting is so important and
fundamental.

Do you know if there is any requirement for agencies to teach drifting deco for
Decompression and Trimix Students?

To take care of the problem it could be made mandatory and be taught right from
scratch and not start people out thinking that dangling on a line is acceptable.

  I am absolutely certain that most instructors simply consider this par for
the course and don't even have the concept of teaching any other way.  BUT
definately not all of them.  My tech career began with being trained to shoot a
lift bag while kneeling on the bottom! and holding onto the line while decoing.
Drifting for deco was out of the question! and if the standards don't require
it then what's to say anone is not teaching it right?

  I don't think I have ever kneeled on the bottom since that class so I'm not
quite sure what good it did me.  Honestly i'd rather bury this but I thought it
important to share because the information might just alert new people should
they be missing out on something very important in their classes. 

Perhaps this would be a really good skill to get specific about and include in
all the S&P's out there, :-). 

LL
(recovered line dangler)

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