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Before all the arguments start about previous experience, as a new rebreather diver you are exactly that " A NEW DIVER", you have zero experience on sorting out the problems that may occur, also you have to have the o/c thinking process removed because ccr is inherantly different in the way you dive/react in case of a problem, unless you are going to carry twin 20's as bailout every dive you do on mix...........
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Totally agree on the life insurance thing but I reckon the bastards will try to wiggle out in other ways once they find out what I dive and how I dive it. I did full trimix OC and Mod3 to get life insurance cover and to be able to get the gas I wanted anywhere.
Only problem with the 100 hours thing is when nothing goes wrong. I haven't worked out my hours recently but I am a long way past 100 and so far I have had one cell error at about 12m on deco.
Thats it.
So my progression in managing failures has been bugger all. Some interesting mistakes in the first couple of months of diving but after that nothing. Its scary because you start to relax.
Maby its because I was always on trimix in the UK from day 1 so I wasn't narked stupid when minor issues occurred and they didn't turn into major ones
The plain fact is you build up experience at depth OC and CCR and the mental stress of being at depth becomes a small problem. In short your not scared any more. Fear breeds panic, panic kills divers more than any other thing. Divers new to diving the CCR and new to deep diving on mix past 50m are far more likely to have a confusion or stress related incident than an diver new to CCR but experienced at depth and with trimix.
Still waiting for the unit to bite me but following recent deaths on CCR I now realize I could be one of the best CCR divers in the world and still be just as dead when it happens.
ATB
Mark Chase