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View Poll Results: How old were you when you got Full Cave certified?

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  • 18-24

    30 16.13%
  • 25-29

    27 14.52%
  • 30-34

    37 19.89%
  • 35-39

    25 13.44%
  • 40-49

    38 20.43%
  • 50-59

    19 10.22%
  • 60-69

    9 4.84%
  • 70+

    1 0.54%
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  1. #11

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    Quote Originally Posted by tbone1004 View Post
    22, senior year of college spring break gift to myself.

    @gobuyastick, sorry for changing the age brackets for the poll, but figured it was a bit more normalized to put the "Standard" age brackets up there.
    thank you! Looks much better now
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    Actually before birth I logged 388,800 minutes of bottom time, and with no deco obligation. So I guess my response should be <18 years old.

    "Not all change is improvement...but all improvement is change" Donald Berwick

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    23 or 24. It's getting foggy. Now get off my lawn!! 😜


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    15 No poll option for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CCRMichael View Post
    15 No poll option for me.
    Who gave you a full cave card at 15?

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    Quote Originally Posted by FW View Post
    Who gave you a full cave card at 15?
    I got mine at 17. NACD Instructor Ed Hall in 1975.

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  7. #17

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    23 in 1996. Can't believe that in a couple weeks it will be 20 years since my class.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop View Post
    Actually before birth I logged 388,800 minutes of bottom time, and with no deco obligation. So I guess my response should be <18 years old.
    Obviously not in virgin cave.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OFG-1 View Post
    Obviously not in virgin cave.
    Happened once, why not again?...

    Last edited by Kelly Jessop; 11-29-2016 at 01:59 PM.
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    This is a hard question for me to answer, as I was cave diving before there was any cave diving training. I took an NACD class with Sheck Exley, just when the NACD kicked him out. I was the first NSS-CDS training director but never issued myself a full cave card. I did finally get a Full Cave card from a later NSS-CDS training director, but for the date he put "before cards".

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