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At 1:41 PM 2/21/70, Richard Pyle wrote: >> >I have made several thousand dives, a couple hundred mixed gas dives, and >> >about 100 hours on a rebreather in the ocean to a maximum depth of 260 feet, >> >and I still consider myself a student. >> >> This seems like a good attitude for anyone who's involved in pushing any >> kind of limit, personal or technical. When a teacher stops being a student, >> are they still qualified to teach? I will always consider myself a student. > >I agree with this general philosophy as well, but in this case I actually >meant that I still consider myself a student in the literal sense for >rebreather diving. I know that rebreather courses cannot possibly include >100+ hours of in-water time. But perhaps a strict self & agency-imposed >"learn as you go" post-course program for all new rebreather divers, such >that they would not get their card until 50 hours of in-water use. >Anyone not willing to put in these sorts of hours might >seriously reconsider why they want a rebreather. So, here's the $10,000 question: How long did you personally train in the company of a master rebreather instructor? What were the instructor's qualifications? I'm not trying to be 'upity' with these questions; you clearly are still alive and using a rebreather after 100+ hours. You may be one of the few examples we can draw any real conclusions from (accepting of course that it's never valid to extrapolate from empirical data :). Scott.
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