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On Sat, 2 Sep 1995, Carl Heinzl wrote:

> I would like to discuss this point with you.  What you're saying is
> that not many skills translate from OC to CC.  Let me attempt to make
> some points.  Well trained and proficient divers already have
> experience with and knowledge of diving in general, much of which can
> be translated to rebreather diving with appropriate modifications.
> They will have discipline, patience, knowledge of appropriate physics
> and physiology, good emergency plans, be able to adapt quickly and
> have experience with a variety of OC scuba (especially exposure suits
> which can take quite a while to get used to), and, hopefully know how
> they react to situations underwater.

Carl, though in an ideal world, what you say may be true, in practice, 
what you say is wrong. I call your attention to the Sept. 1995 issue of 
National Geographic. Look at Bill Stone's article. The female geologist, 
Am Ende, referred to in photo of a rebreather diver and elsewhere in the 
text, is in fact a newly certified diver with more hours on the 
rebreather (Cis-Lunar) than open circuit. She is a PhD graduate student 
in Geology at The University of North Carolina. She learned to dive for 
the project reported in Nat. Geo. There is a diagram and photo of 
Cis-Lunar unit from which you can build it , probably for about $250. 

> 
> appropriately placed stage bottles).  So, I think that indeed, being a
> proficient OC scuba diver is actually a prerequisite to becoming a
> rebreather diver.
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