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At 2:34 PM 7/31/95, Dan Volker wrote: >How can the tech diving industry prevent a NON-TRAINABLE diver from buying a >rebreather, and then trying to get the certification??? > >My first thought was that any one who wanted to purchase a rebreather would >have to complete nitrox, deepair, tech nitrox and trimix (or equivalent >advanced training) to guarantee that this person could be fit to dive a >rebreather. I agree with most of this. I'm not sure I agree with the trimix requirement if you're selling a nitrox rebreather. I began training in mixed gas and deep air specifically because I wanted to prepare for rebreather training, even though I have no great desire to dive trimix or depths beyond 200 fsw (at least right now :). It seemed to be the correct way to approach the rebreather. The above is the perspective of a novice interested in buying and using a rebreather for sport diving; I don't consider myself a 'technical diver' even though some of my dive buddies have started to give me odd looks. I don't think that $1500 worth of training is too much when it's your butt on the line. Scott.
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