Who care is its tech or rec. Did you have fun doing it? So the instructor want you to have 4 backmounted tanks so its not tech?
Matt
Who care is its tech or rec. Did you have fun doing it? So the instructor want you to have 4 backmounted tanks so its not tech?
Matt
Well, he tried to tell me that to carry two stages I needed to take a "extended range" course. Which I believe, is where he takes you down to 180ft on air, not something *I* ever want to do. Not sure what that has to do with carrying stages either.Originally Posted by Zero
Yes, it was fun
He also thinks that using doubles, or even a backplate and wing, means tech.
Last edited by CrazyHead; 05-29-2007 at 10:03 PM.
Your instructor is wrong. He really thinks that wearing a BP/W is Tech diving? I would get an instructor who is more in tune with what is happening in diving today.
I think more to it get some practise up on the gear so you know where it sits on you and how it all works. I know you arent going deep but still make sure you know what reg your on and where its matching SPG is.
Matt
That's good advice Zero. I suppose that would be an endless debate, where you draw the line and start calling it tech diving. But it sounds like, maybe, your "instructor" was hoping you'd pay for another course??
Oh maybe, or maybe he just assumed I needed that much gas because I was going to go real deep. He works at the shop where I get my fills, so its hard to avoid him.That's good advice Zero. I suppose that would be an endless debate, where you draw the line and start calling it tech diving. But it sounds like, maybe, your "instructor" was hoping you'd pay for another course??
I guess, eventually, but I find just having the 4 regs hanging off my shoulder, I can just breathe off 1 until there's no more air, then switch to another. It's worked pretty good so far. then when one doesnt give air anymore, pass it back over your shoulder so you don't switch to it when the next one runs out of air.I think more to it get some practise up on the gear so you know where it sits on you and how it all works. I know you arent going deep but still make sure you know what reg your on and where its matching SPG is.
As a Solo diver and also as a Public Safety diver I have both tank mounted pony and a slung pony. Depends on the conditions! For Rec with a buddy I prefer a slung pony so I can detach it and hand it to a diver out of air and then back off and supervise their ascent. Some people have an agenda and others just want to sound important!
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He's a quack.Well, he tried to tell me that to carry two stages I needed to take a "extended range" course. Which I believe, is where he takes you down to 180ft on air, not something *I* ever want to do. Not sure what that has to do with carrying stages either.
Yes, it was fun
He also thinks that using doubles, or even a backplate and wing, means tech.
Did you do planned decompression or gas switches? No.
Having the gear does not make you any more of a tech diver than a person who'd buy a rabbit fur coat and immediately think they were a rabbit.
I agree with with the comment that it sounds like the instructor just wants you to take more classes...
But out of curiousity-- why would you buy the "tech" gear if you didn't plan to go that route? Bp/w is understandable for the simplicity of the setup, but why stages and doubles?
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I got the gear so I could do long shore dives. There are some sites 1000 or 2000 feet out from shore I like to visit, or sometimes there are sites that just aren't near the entry point.
hello CrazyHead,
is it a good idea to breath your tanks dry one at a time?
when is your turning point? when do you know when to begin ending the dive ?
what if you blow an O-ring on your last tank and the other 3 are empty?
i would leave at least 350 psi in my tanks just in case, mark my reguloators so i know what comes from where, so there will be no doubt i would not wish to take a useless reg in to my mouth when i have no air.
Do you dive with a Buddy? i would be highly advised.
are you streamlined? if you have hoses dragging behind you, one of them might just get caught in something, more chance of accident, you could keep the hoses of the Pony tanks strapped and folded against them so you know exactly where you put them, and have east access to them.
whether its tekkie or not is not an issue in my eyes. if i were that instructor i would get in to the pool with you and help you out with your configuration.
i would take a Strees & Rescue course, if you have not taken one as yet, if only to imroove my diving so i would be prepared to save myself when need be.
also, suitable diving insurance if you have not got it.
a tech course would also help, yes, but im not trying to sell you anything.
life is important mate, if we do things that could put us in harms way, at least try to minimalise the dangers
none of us would like to be part of the statistics.
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