Full Cave & Tec Training

[atedeschi]

It came up in discussion recently that there are alot of full cave divers that do not have tec training. I find that odd because I would think they would go hand in hand. I believe full cave divers should at least have deco procedures, but lets see what the poll says.

[Line Squirrel]

You didn't vote

[atedeschi]

whoops

[jeandiver]

Aha , there you did (SMILE)

It's interesting what goes into the "tec" category.
(meaning you talk to 6 people , you get er , 10 answers...!!!???)

Beano

[MORGAN]

Everything but trimix - so far I'm not doing dives that require it. If & when I do, I'll get trimix training. Until then, I'll spend the money I would have spent on trimix training and helium on cave diving trips!

Mike

[FW]

Does that mean before or after you took cave training? Some people take cave training first, then go on to other tech courses.

The *only* tech course when I started was cavediver! It was cavedivers that developed all of today's "tech" courses. Mixed gas came into recreational diving through cavedivers. Sheck Exley developed the first civilian gas tables.

[Jim Wyatt]

The *only* tech course when I started was cavediver!

Roger that, same here.

[atedeschi]

it means currently. ie: are you full cave diving with or without one of the levels marked above. Not what training you had at the completion of your course.

[bigken462]

I've been certified to AN/DP for a few years now and never considered myself to be tech trained, just recently I also finished Intro to cave up and still don't consider myself to be tech. However I think those that clawed their way to full cave and beyond have earned just as much right to be considered technical divers as those with a lil bit of Helium to their mix.

I can't imagine the pre-planning it would take to plan a deep and extended push requiring multiple stage drops and ceilings. Add in burn times for lights and scooters and I think if anything that could very well be more technically challenging that a simple deep dive alone. I've done neither so I can't say with certainty and with experience however.

Time will tell and I hope after a few years and many more dives later I can write such a post dive report with experience. Until then it's the gold line and 6th's. Nothing technical about that. Lol

Kenny

[Sludge]

Yeah, I'm trained in technical diving. It's called cave diving.

In my day, the things you learn in "Advanced Nitrox" and "Decompression Procedures" were taught during cave training. Of course, I learned decompression diving in NASDS Open Water.