arod15
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I'm a relatively new diver with around 20 dives under my belt. I currently use a bp/w with a drysuit and hp100. As I live in the Cleveland area my main diving option is wreck diving in the great lakes. So basically I would like to progress up that ladder, leading into wreck penetration and deep wreck dives. It looks like diving doubles is a requirement for this type of diving. I am fairly comfortable in the water currently, but that is only with single tanks. I just wanted to see what your opinions are on starting with sidemounted doubles fairly early in the game. I'm sure most sidemount divers dove a ton with singles before they moved on to doubles. It seems like I'd be able to practice simple dives in quarries and such with sidemount and get used to it, as opposed to getting better with a single tank before switching over. As to why sidemount vs backmount doubles I'm sure there are enough topics on that already. I think the consensus will be get more more experience before making the switch, but I'm just trying to think about the reasons of why not just get the experience with sidemount from the beginning. Thanks!