Re: Advanced Nitrox Class
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Originally Posted by Gibby
I just had a friend who is taking a advanced nitrox class tell me he is doing his checkout at EN. Is this what you are referring to? I think even they should be sticking to Hudson grotto or something along these lines.
No, I did not hear about that class. I have heard from several divers, who aren’t cave trained (or weren’t at the time), that they took classes and / or dive at Eagles Nest. This has been going on for many years now!
Re: Advanced Nitrox Class
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Originally Posted by Chip
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Originally Posted by Gibby
I just had a friend who is taking a advanced nitrox class tell me he is doing his checkout at EN. Is this what you are referring to? I think even they should be sticking to Hudson grotto or something along these lines.
No, I did not hear about that class. I have heard from several divers, who aren’t cave trained (or weren’t at the time), that they took classes and / or dive at Eagles Nest. This has been going on for many years now!
I was a little busy with a class but my impression of EN is that it begins with a huge cavern though not OW; therefore, cavern class would be okay (I never managed to get far off the debris mound and into the cave proper. My buddy's light died). Am I missing something? I did not have the opportunity to look around the OW bits of the sink. Are those bits deep enough for OW work? It would be the instructors responsibility to emphasize not going into the cave without training and why. I guess I don't see the problem simply because I was never one of those to be tempted by bravado or to go without training. Of course, I started diving in my late 30's so maybe I had maturity on my side. :roll:
It would be at the instructor's discretion and perhaps he was teaching a group he deemed mature enough not to do something stupid later at the same site. (Not that we haven't all done something not overly bright at times).
