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**wedivebc** · 16th February 2008, 03:44

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

I am not sure I understand why you want to do OC and the CCR cave. I did do intro cave on OC then CCR cave a year later but going full cave on bot OC and CCR seems like overkill. I assume you will be training with Matt? Have you talked to him about your plans? I would definately trust his judgement in this as I doubt he will try to sell you training you don't need. I can't see any reason to dive caves on OC ever again having done CCR cave diving. Possibly OC sidemount for certain conditions but do you need to repeat full cave training?

16th February 2008, 03:44	#4 (permalink)
wedivebc Dave Tomblin Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Inspiration Classic Sport Kiss Other CCR Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Vancouver Island BC Canada Posts: 1,444	Re: Experienced Advice needed 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 I am not sure I understand why you want to do OC and the CCR cave. I did do intro cave on OC then CCR cave a year later but going full cave on bot OC and CCR seems like overkill. I assume you will be training with Matt? Have you talked to him about your plans? I would definately trust his judgement in this as I doubt he will try to sell you training you don't need. I can't see any reason to dive caves on OC ever again having done CCR cave diving. Possibly OC sidemount for certain conditions but do you need to repeat full cave training? __________________ Cheers, Dave.... Man is the only animal burdened with the knowledge he will eventually die
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