Blackfrogfeet
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Alright, so about me...
Pretty much all my training has been through the GUE curriculum (Tech 2, Cave 1, DPV1). I'm at the point now though where I am looking to transition both to Full Cave as well as move onto a CCR. The thing is I have very little interest in diving a JJ CCR in GUE config, so I will not be taking a CCR 1 + CCR Cave with GUE. Is there any point in taking Cave 2 with GUE and then redoing everything I've learned on a CCR with another agency?
I'm feeling like I should become Full Cave on OC before transitioning to CCR Cave, but taking C2 would be a bit unnecessary as it is basically Full/Stage/Technical cave wrapped into 1 course. I'm sort of leaning towards just doing a quick 3-4 day Full Cave course just to get more experience, then transition to CCR later... I know people will say "tech diving is expensive, get used it", but money is a factor and I don't want to pay for redundant training.
Is there even a need for me to become Full Cave on OC before taking CCR Cave training? I'm not interested in a zero to hero approach. I would get lots of hours in the ocean before taking overhead training and would not just do the minimum. I'm not living in cave country, so I won't be missing out on dives by waiting for cave training while I get hours on my unit.
Just looks for opinions from people who have been there / done that.
Pretty much all my training has been through the GUE curriculum (Tech 2, Cave 1, DPV1). I'm at the point now though where I am looking to transition both to Full Cave as well as move onto a CCR. The thing is I have very little interest in diving a JJ CCR in GUE config, so I will not be taking a CCR 1 + CCR Cave with GUE. Is there any point in taking Cave 2 with GUE and then redoing everything I've learned on a CCR with another agency?
I'm feeling like I should become Full Cave on OC before transitioning to CCR Cave, but taking C2 would be a bit unnecessary as it is basically Full/Stage/Technical cave wrapped into 1 course. I'm sort of leaning towards just doing a quick 3-4 day Full Cave course just to get more experience, then transition to CCR later... I know people will say "tech diving is expensive, get used it", but money is a factor and I don't want to pay for redundant training.
Is there even a need for me to become Full Cave on OC before taking CCR Cave training? I'm not interested in a zero to hero approach. I would get lots of hours in the ocean before taking overhead training and would not just do the minimum. I'm not living in cave country, so I won't be missing out on dives by waiting for cave training while I get hours on my unit.
Just looks for opinions from people who have been there / done that.