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chunter · 16th February 2008, 01:47

Mousa,

I'm sure you have already done a lot of research. If you have not read it, I would read some of Richard Pyle's stuff like:
LGRB Pyle IANTD Scuba & Rebreather

The most important thing is to realize that even with a lot of OC training and experience, you must consider yourself a novice on the rebreather. Although the technical training helps a lot, you need to begin with basics and learn your unit INTUITIVELY. Know everything about every part of it, think thought failure situations and how you will react, and put many hours on your unit. I would put 50 hours on the rebreather before pushing into any kind of decompression, and 100 hours before pushing into trimix depths.

You are off to a good start by asking for advice here. There are a lot of very experienced and helpful people on Rebreather World.

Aloha,
Charlie

Quote: (Originally Posted by Mohamed Mousa)

After 1 year of skimming the web, talking to high accomplished rebreather divers and reading any article about rebreathers.

i bought my first ccr (deffinatley Megalodon)

Its great that there is such a great resource for information such as this, really made my life alot easier,(comparing to when i first started oc)

i'm currently certified as padi master scuba diver trainer, tdi, iantd,dsat trimix diver and blender

I have some questions and i need some guidence.

1. Having been diving for the past 7 years and technical diving exclusively for the past two years, with an average of 100+ dives a year, would this contribute to the time it takes a person the get the idea of rebreather diving?

2. I'm taking a few month off and starting mod 1 and mod 2 next month, then for some 10 dives of practise then off to mexico for oc cave courses and a rebreather cave course. When do you decide you are ready for caving on a ccr(regardless of requirements)?

3. Having no problem what so ever during my oc training, and constantly peacefully pushing my comfort zone deeper in diving later. There is just a time that comes, where you feel you now understand what going on with your gear dive planning. How long would it take to feel that a person has a firm grip on operating the unit?

Would you have any advice whatsoever especially that i'm doing multiple courses in a small time interval.

Regards and i'm sure your opinions will contribute to my plans and expectations

Mousa

16th February 2008, 01:47	#2 (permalink)
chunter I like diving Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss MK 15.X Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Inspiration Vision Evolution Classic Kiss Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Honolulu Posts: 464	Re: Experienced Advice needed Mousa, I'm sure you have already done a lot of research. If you have not read it, I would read some of Richard Pyle's stuff like: LGRB Pyle IANTD Scuba & Rebreather The most important thing is to realize that even with a lot of OC training and experience, you must consider yourself a novice on the rebreather. Although the technical training helps a lot, you need to begin with basics and learn your unit INTUITIVELY. Know everything about every part of it, think thought failure situations and how you will react, and put many hours on your unit. I would put 50 hours on the rebreather before pushing into any kind of decompression, and 100 hours before pushing into trimix depths. You are off to a good start by asking for advice here. There are a lot of very experienced and helpful people on Rebreather World. Aloha, Charlie Quote: (Originally Posted by Mohamed Mousa) After 1 year of skimming the web, talking to high accomplished rebreather divers and reading any article about rebreathers. i bought my first ccr (deffinatley Megalodon) Its great that there is such a great resource for information such as this, really made my life alot easier,(comparing to when i first started oc) i'm currently certified as padi master scuba diver trainer, tdi, iantd,dsat trimix diver and blender I have some questions and i need some guidence. 1. Having been diving for the past 7 years and technical diving exclusively for the past two years, with an average of 100+ dives a year, would this contribute to the time it takes a person the get the idea of rebreather diving? 2. I'm taking a few month off and starting mod 1 and mod 2 next month, then for some 10 dives of practise then off to mexico for oc cave courses and a rebreather cave course. When do you decide you are ready for caving on a ccr(regardless of requirements)? 3. Having no problem what so ever during my oc training, and constantly peacefully pushing my comfort zone deeper in diving later. There is just a time that comes, where you feel you now understand what going on with your gear dive planning. How long would it take to feel that a person has a firm grip on operating the unit? Would you have any advice whatsoever especially that i'm doing multiple courses in a small time interval. Regards and i'm sure your opinions will contribute to my plans and expectations Mousa __________________ "Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Emerson "Hobgoblin is a cool word." - Charlie
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