Trimix pre-requisites

[Foggy]

Following on from my ERD thread, can anyone who has become trimix trained tell me what training / experience they believe was needed before going trimix?

Cheers, Paul

[Andy Phillips]

Make sure you can hold a stop, properly, horizontal and comfy. The rest is just a bit of theory.

Andrew

[Lazlo]

Bit of weight training probably wouldn't go amiss.

(I hear all those tanks get a bit heavy...)

[NeilP]

Agree with Andy.

To be honest if you can hold a stop ok (which I assume you can if you are the level where you are thinking of trimix), then it is just theory and the rest is calculations which isn't exactly rocket science (best depth for mix, END of mix, best mix for depth, blah, blah........)

[Tricky]

I did my TDI Entry Trimix with Mark Powell in July. The requirements were Deco Procs and 100 dives.

See the course standards at e-aquanauts.

[chrisch]

Define Trimix..

For normoxic you need advanced EAN from a tech agency (or BSAC ERD I think) and enough experience with twins and 35m+ to do it. Skills are as Andy says - stops.

There are "softer" entry points if you need/prefer them. I think the new BSAC Sports Mixed Gas will be one. IANTD Adv. Rec. Tx. is another. GUE start Tx with 30/30 IIRC.

Chris

[Steve Jones]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Following on from my ERD thread, can anyone who has become trimix trained tell me what training / experience they believe was needed before going trimix?

Cheers, Paul

Plan dives, hold stops, be able to do twin set shutdown, drop and re attach side mounts.

Steve

[And]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Following on from my ERD thread, can anyone who has become trimix trained tell me what training / experience they believe was needed before going trimix?

Cheers, Paul

Bouyancy is key, and you should be able to control your bouyancy and ascend properly without really thinking about it, and without finning around like a shark. Hanging below an SMB does not count, because there are sure to be other things to focus on when you do the course

Other then that, breathe in, breathe out, and thats trimix.

Andy

[Andy Phillips]

Originally Posted by And

Bouyancy is key, and you should be able to control your bouyancy and ascend properly without really thinking about it, and without finning around like a shark. Hanging below an SMB does not count, because there are sure to be other things to focus on when you do the course

Other then that, breathe in, breathe out, and thats trimix.

Andy

A complicated way of saying - hold a stop.

Tee-hee,

Andrew

[And]

Originally Posted by Andy Phillips

A complicated way of saying - hold a stop.

Tee-hee,

Andrew

Ah yes, but you and I both know that some divers definitions of a 'stop' differ wildly from others

Andy