History of IANTD/TDI?

[ppsa]

I have two questions:

1. Can anyone recommend a forum for Tec Diving in general that is not necessarily specific to Cave Diving? I have questions about wrecks and mixed gas that may not be for this site.

2. Does anyone know the history of the formation of TDI? What I hear is that two directors at IANTD with differing views (on what?) went seperate ways. One of them formed TDI. I'd like to understand what drove them apart, whether it was on views related to technical diving, the instruction of technical diving, or something else and specifically what. Google hasn't turned up much...

Thanks,

Peter

[BabyDuck]

for 1 - thedecostop.com

for 2 - no idea...

[sskasser]

http://thetechdiver.com/

[Arnold Mesiser]

an interesting article that has more on IANTD(near the bottom)

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/content...Version/235821

try Bret Gilliam on google for TDI history.

[BRC]

I have two questions:

1. Can anyone recommend a forum for Tec Diving in general that is not necessarily specific to Cave Diving? I have questions about wrecks and mixed gas that may not be for this site.

2. Does anyone know the history of the formation of TDI? What I hear is that two directors at IANTD with differing views (on what?) went seperate ways. One of them formed TDI. I'd like to understand what drove them apart, whether it was on views related to technical diving, the instruction of technical diving, or something else and specifically what. Google hasn't turned up much...

Thanks,

Peter

Do a search for Mitch Skaggs and\or Brett Gillum (not sure of the spelling, dont feel like digging an old C-card !!)

[JDostal]

Yeah, TheDecoStop.com is definitely one of the big sites for tech diving talk. RebreatherWorld is interesting too but is obviously a little rebreather centric.