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Hello, My name is John Chluski and I've been lurking for a few months now -> no use tying up bandwidth if I wasn't able to stay on top of my mail and had to unsubscribe within a few weeks. I feel like I'm here to stay. I've been a sport diver since 1974 with only 300+ logged dives and 400-600 unlogged dives. Dumb not to have logged them all, but when a lot of your diving profiles tend to be a) wake up, b) walk to boat (gear already there), c) start engine, d) head out to open water while eating breakfast and e) decide where to dive, it's too easy for me to forgo the important task of logging. I have been interested in technical diving issues for several years but a combination of a lack of time and money (diving, photography, videography, boating, flying, & travelling doesn't leave room for much) prevented me from pursuing technical diving. I've put the flying hobby on hold (had to give up something) and I'm now working on having my training "catch up" to my diving. Obviously not the right approach! I'm going through the process of getting add'l certifications (tech oriented) which I expect IMHO will continue for a few years due to complexity, cost, and time. I'm not saying that training ever stops when you're involved in a "high tech/equipment intensive" activity, just the formal training perhaps. I think that the techdiver and the cavers mailing lists have been an excellent additional source in keeping me current - not so much that I'll take whatever is said for gospel, but it keeps me thinking about the many training, equipment, and regulatory issues in the sport. And most of all I just got tired of the regular diving conversations you get into with people who are "divers" (1-2 dives every two years). Not that more experience makes anyone better than the next, but I was suffocating for new info and I'm grateful for finding the appropriate forums. Safe diving always, John. P.S. PADI Basic (!!??), PADI Advanced, NASE DM (honorary-long story), NACD and NSS-CDS Cavern. Nitrox I & II in June. Intro to Cave in August. P.S.S. Fllow from Canada looking for summer camps for kids -> I have some info but lost your address. Undersea Productions, Inc. (sport diving since 1976) Full service video production house specializing in Hi8 u/w videography. Boca Raton, Florida, USA 800-453-2983 or undersea@ga*.ne*
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