Nacd journal

[nthewater]

I am one of those that likes to swimming the peanut tunnel. For me, I find it more relaxing and allows me to enjoy the cave more. I'm not concentrating on my next hand position. Not saying that pull and glide in there is wrong, just giving you a different perspective.

Ironically, I was taught by my original cavern instructor (who billed himself as an experienced cave diver) to NEVER touch the cave!!! My first time in little river was a joke. Flow was screaming and my buddy was trying to figure out why I was just kicking like a mad man while not moving . Btw... Later learned that my cavern instructor was suppose to do my cave classes with me. He wasn't even cave certified.

Really depends on the surroundings - in high-flow, usually low-silt areas, you pull & glide taking care where and how you do the pulling. Obviously in high-silt, typically low-flow areas, you stay off the bottom and top by swimming carefully and in control.

The one place that I think pull & glide is very useful is in the Peanut Tunnel at Peacock. It has typically low to very low flow, but is somewhat small and not silty. I have been taught and do pull & glide there as it seems more efficient and swimming there without bumping something is not easy. Anyway, I am still surprised to see many divers, even very good ones, still swimming it.

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[nakatomi]

Later learned that my cavern instructor was suppose to do my cave classes with me. He wasn't even cave certified.

Wow. He must have learned cave diving on the Internet.

[FW]

Wow. He must have learned cave diving on the Internet.

Nah, internet trained cave divers know about pull and glide

[Sludge]

It wasn't too long ago that you could teach PADI Cavern if you were a PADI Open Water Instructor and had passed Intro through a cave agency.

[MORGAN]

It wasn't too long ago that you could teach PADI Cavern if you were a PADI Open Water Instructor and had passed Intro through a cave agency.

Yup. After Tracy passed NACD Intro in the spring of 2005, she was asked by the shop she was teaching for to do a PADI cavern course. She emphatically refused. They had a little trouble understanding why she'd turn down money to teach a class that she was "qualified" to teach.

[diveconjeff]

I am one of those that likes to swimming the peanut tunnel. For me, I find it more relaxing and allows me to enjoy the cave more. ...

A couple things come to mind. The PT is a good place for me to use different kicks while being aware of my fin tips. Not really going to mess anything up and good for the muscle memory to practice before they are needed. I also enjoy going slow. I sometimes see less line, but usually see much more of the cave.