I just returned from FL, having completed Cavern, Introduction to Cave, and Apprentice Cave with Dan Patterson. I arrived having completed DIR/F (provisional) and some TDI technical training.
The training with Dan was excellent. He is a great diver, with outstanding skills. He is also very observant, and immediately zeroed in on the areas I needed work. He will surprise you every once in a while, but in a way that makes for excellent training. He is also remarkably articulate and understandable when yelling at you through his regulator (!).
We dove Orange Grove Sink, Peacock II, completing the traverse to Olsen and a full circuit in 3 dives, Little River, and then Devil's Eye and Ear, finishing a circuit in a pair of dives. All in all a tremendous experience.
I would also like to plug Dive Outpost, near Peacock. Cathy, the proprietess, is an excellent hostess and my family and I felt at home while staying there. She has a DNaX system and the fills are abundant.
I highly recommend both Dan Patterson and Dive Outpost.
The training with Dan was excellent. He is a great diver, with outstanding skills. He is also very observant, and immediately zeroed in on the areas I needed work. He will surprise you every once in a while, but in a way that makes for excellent training. He is also remarkably articulate and understandable when yelling at you through his regulator (!).
We dove Orange Grove Sink, Peacock II, completing the traverse to Olsen and a full circuit in 3 dives, Little River, and then Devil's Eye and Ear, finishing a circuit in a pair of dives. All in all a tremendous experience.
I would also like to plug Dive Outpost, near Peacock. Cathy, the proprietess, is an excellent hostess and my family and I felt at home while staying there. She has a DNaX system and the fills are abundant.
I highly recommend both Dan Patterson and Dive Outpost.
