Quote Originally Posted by FW View Post
Yea, it was because some loudmouth told his instructor that he had his Abe Davis before he finished Full Cave.

If anyone cares, I got my Abe Davis in 1979, the same year the program started.
To tie this altogether
I got into diving WITH my girls. We all liked it so we did it a lot (OW, AOW, Rescue, trips to lakes, Coz and Keys.) So, I got gear for all of us.
So, in my case, by the time I finished AOW, I had all my cave regulators