I got caught in the line

[chimie007]

I just took the Cave Diving Group practical exam.

Forrest taking classes... shouldn't you be teaching

Is this the Australian CDG ? They don't recognize CDS/NACD ?

[FW]

Forrest taking classes... shouldn't you be teaching

Is this the Australian CDG ? They don't recognize CDS/NACD ?

The Australian CDAA does accept NSS-CDS, but it takes a ling time to process the paperwork.

The CDG is in Great Britan, and they don't accept anyone elses cards. Mostly because their type of diving (sumps) is very advanced compared to most CD agencies training. FWIW, I have been trying to schedule the exam for years. It isn't often that one of their examiners is in the US, and I haven't ever been to GB.

[MORGAN]

...the examiner had run the line through the spring straps on my fins

Had to do this lights-out in NSS-CDS full cave class, but my instructor was not so fiendish as to run the line through my fin spring straps! He just wound my tank valves up in it.

Tracy was almost able to disentangle herself without cutting the line, but he was watching with a little dim light that he would blink on once in a while. When he saw what she was up to, he pulled on the line and tightened it up so that she had to cut it after all.

I thought that our training was quite rigorous, but judging by the CDG's manual, they take it to another level of difficulty.

Mike

[Sharky1948]

Etienne,
Nice post and glad it wasn't more serious. I wouldn't want anything to happen to you before I get down to Mexico and do some diving with you! (After that, you're on your own! LOL)
Mike