Fr8dawg
Registered
I would have done this course! I am new diver with about 18 dives so far and am already trying to figure out when and where I can do a GUE fundamentals class. Had I known of Gue prior to taking my "Mcdonalds" OW with the LDS, I would have seriously considered it. It took about 15 minutes of watching youtube videos to see a clear difference between a gue trained diver and the skills taught to me during my training. Saying that, I can't imagine many new divers would be interested. It seems to me that the ow certification is more geared to be a simple introduction to scuba. I felt that I was no where near where I should be after taking my class, which is what has led me here... in search of information.
Now that I know about organizations such as gue and utd... It is very apparent to me that these guys ARE doing it right and I am very excited to take part in what they have to offer. Even if I never do cave diving or wreck penetrations, or rebreather, or...any tech diving for that matter, having the skillset and team oriented approach to diving they advocate really stands out to me as being important for any diver. I don't buy into the notion that it's only for "tech" ... You're breathing underwater! If it works for the more criticle types of dives, it sure as hell should add a level of safety to my diving while tooling around the reefs.
So yeah, here's another novice diver that recognizes the gue ow certification (recreation cert whatever) is definitely worthwhile!
Now that I know about organizations such as gue and utd... It is very apparent to me that these guys ARE doing it right and I am very excited to take part in what they have to offer. Even if I never do cave diving or wreck penetrations, or rebreather, or...any tech diving for that matter, having the skillset and team oriented approach to diving they advocate really stands out to me as being important for any diver. I don't buy into the notion that it's only for "tech" ... You're breathing underwater! If it works for the more criticle types of dives, it sure as hell should add a level of safety to my diving while tooling around the reefs.
So yeah, here's another novice diver that recognizes the gue ow certification (recreation cert whatever) is definitely worthwhile!