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tazzer9797 - 1/12/2012 4:08 PM
Hey mark.. I totally agree with what you are saying. When I took my SDI Solo course the Instructor who is also a friend sat down for 45 minutes or so before I signed up and paid for the course. He told me that he really wanted to talk about my dive level and my future. We have dove several times and he know all my qualifications. He made sure I had all the first aide courses up to date along with all the other stuff I needed. He was very tough on my dive book saying he wanted to see over the 100 dive mark. And the dives had to be of the quality level. Over the 100 ft level or salt water ocean dives made up the majority of them. He as well as myself dont write in pool dives or shallow dives. Saying this I have over 400 deep/ocean/ lake quality dives(stopped counting at 400). As for the training he was pretty tough on me. I take this sport very serious and I told him to be tough on me. I dont dive solo very often . When I started diving I said I want to be the best diver I can be so that my buddy knows I have his back... I DIVE SAFE , I DIVE WITH REDUNDANT EQUIPMENT AND I ALWAYS DIVE WITHIN MY TRAINING AND SKILL LEVEL....