Merica
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First of all I am going to apologize for this is going to be quite a loaded question.
This summer I would like to make the transition from rec diving into cave diving. I would like to take cavern and intro to cave diver this summer and then warm up to the more advanced classes once I get some more experience.There are however many questions that I have and they all mainly pertain to the equipment side of things. I am well aware of the equipment required and have researched it heavily. At some point in the training I am sure that i will need to get more heavy cave diving equipment, doubles, and so on and was wondering if i would need all for this for the intro to cave class. Furthermore, will the classes teach me how to use doubles or will i need to take an intro to tech course to be able to use them. I understand that there are a lot of questions here and it would probably be best for me to call a cave diving shop and speak with them however, i do not want them to feel like i am wasting their time.
Along with this will i be presented the option between back mount and side mount training, if so i would rather do sidemount but fear that would require me to do the padi sidemout course or something of that nature before i even started.
Why stop now? I am also aware that a drysuit will most likely be needed and will an instructor feel comfortable taking me on a student with no previous drysuit experience and once again will this require me to throw some more money at padi for the drysuit class.
This summer I would like to make the transition from rec diving into cave diving. I would like to take cavern and intro to cave diver this summer and then warm up to the more advanced classes once I get some more experience.There are however many questions that I have and they all mainly pertain to the equipment side of things. I am well aware of the equipment required and have researched it heavily. At some point in the training I am sure that i will need to get more heavy cave diving equipment, doubles, and so on and was wondering if i would need all for this for the intro to cave class. Furthermore, will the classes teach me how to use doubles or will i need to take an intro to tech course to be able to use them. I understand that there are a lot of questions here and it would probably be best for me to call a cave diving shop and speak with them however, i do not want them to feel like i am wasting their time.
Along with this will i be presented the option between back mount and side mount training, if so i would rather do sidemount but fear that would require me to do the padi sidemout course or something of that nature before i even started.
Why stop now? I am also aware that a drysuit will most likely be needed and will an instructor feel comfortable taking me on a student with no previous drysuit experience and once again will this require me to throw some more money at padi for the drysuit class.