Cavern Certified!!

[shoot2retrieve]

I know in the grand scheme of things here this does not mean a dang thing. However, I FINISHED MY CAVERN CERT TODAY!!!! I'm excited and I know this pales in comparison to many of the certs by everyone here, but it is my first cert for overhead and what I've been working towards. I learned a ton and I've learned a lot from this site from everyones posts and blogs that helped me in class, so THANK YOU!!! It feels like the first big step into getting cave certification and it feels good!!

[cavediver256]

Congratulations!!!!

[K Mejean]

Congrats!!!!!

[drew32]

Congratulations! Cavern training is awesome. Hope you have some great diving.

[ry-dbar]

Congratulations!
I have just recently taken an interest in all of this.
I hope to get my Cavern soon too!
If any one has any suggestions for an instructor, I would appreciate it! I live in Northern California.

[RAL]

Congratulations!
I have just recently taken an interest in all of this.
I hope to get my Cavern soon too!
If any one has any suggestions for an instructor, I would appreciate it! I live in Northern California.

Come dive the Mill pond. Get your training from Rob Neto. Dive JB, Hole in the wall and Twin.
http://chipoladivers.com/


RAL

[Sharky1948]

Congratulations! Enjoy the caverns! It's all good. And remember, one step at a time!!

Mike

[tomhauburn]

Congrats on your cavern training. Don't think its not much. I always heard cavern training was 75 percent of full training. This came up just recently with one instructor who told me on the side he wished it was a four day course that has to be compressed. Hope you enjoy your dives and learn from them taking time to develop before progressing to the next class if that ends up being where you head.

[stairman]

Congrats on the cavern cert. I personally dont scoff at this first step to cave and few here will either. You are a much better diver now for sure, trained to cavedive just not proven and certified for them yet but all the basics, safety and fundamentals are taught in the cavern course. Trim, buancy control and line laying with little movement are your goals to master before taking Basic. Its all fun!

[Half-Fast]

Congratulations! And no, cavern training is not a small thing. You've learned many new skills, but more importantly you've (hopefully) learned a mindset and an approach to diving, and you've (hopefully) learned a very important respect for the cave environment.

Take your time and enjoy the caverns.