Cave 1

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Permalink Reply by Todd Powell on January 20, 2010 at 3:57pm

Congrats Jason :)
Great job.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Soos on January 20, 2010 at 8:50pm

Agreed. I'd recommend the course and location to anyone.

Sincere thanks to Nick and his team for a brilliant job. We had an amazing set of dives and experiences. Although the course material is in itself very good, the breadth and depth of experience and understanding in our tuition was great, really driving home the key points and providing solid explanation and rationale when required. We were pushed to our limits whilst always feeling in a well controlled and safe environment. I also welcomed the laid back attitude in which the subject, lessons, and post dive analyses were presented. I'm genuinely disappointed the course had to end (although I'll be happy to dive without so many failures ;-)

Thanks also Jason, it's been a hell of a lot of fun.

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Permalink Reply by Marc Blackwood on January 21, 2010 at 10:55am

Congrats, guys.

Any chance of a class report? A few of us are looking to do C1 with Nick (probably also in Mexico) in the not too distant future.

In reading the course standards, a couple things stood out. One is the requirement for at least one "high flow" cave dive. Were you able to satisfy that requirement in Mexico, and if so where? (I talked to Jeff Seckendorf who said that it's not a deal breaker if no systems are available).

The other is the requirement for at least one dive to be in a drysuit. I planned on diving either wet or dry the whole time (don't want to haul both suits down), and was leaning towards the wetsuit because I don't want to damage my trilam doing blind exits. Did Nick enforce that standard?

Thanks!

MB

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Permalink Reply by Nick Ambrose on January 21, 2010 at 1:58pm

Marc I wouldnt worry about the drysuit getting damaged honestly, I've done multiple blind and low-vis exits in my TLS and no issues.

For me it's a no-brainer, drysuit all the way especially for the longer 3+hr dives.

I dont know of any "high" flow caves in Mx(Tulum/PA) chac mool, dos palmos, dos ojos (by the barbie line) Gran Cenote (paseo lagarto) are caves with what I would call "noticeable" flow

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Permalink Reply by Jason Wilson on January 21, 2010 at 2:44pm

Thanks guys!

We'll be doing a class report soon. Highly recommend Nick as your instructor, thorough and fun course. No high-flow systems available, looks like we will have to travel to Italy in the near future ;)

I have been diving dry the whole trip, also didn't want to pack more than necessary. I wouldn't worry about damaging your suit, just exercise good buoyancy and a gentle touch on the zero-viz skills.

Thanks for celebrating our success with us, and any more questions you may have feel free to ask.

Marc Blackwood said:

Congrats, guys. Any chance of a class report? A few of us are looking to do C1 with Nick (probably also in Mexico) in the not too distant future.

In reading the course standards, a couple things stood out. One is the requirement for at least one "high flow" cave dive. Were you able to satisfy that requirement in Mexico, and if so where? (I talked to Jeff Seckendorf who said that it's not a deal breaker if no systems are available).

The other is the requirement for at least one dive to be in a drysuit. I planned on diving either wet or dry the whole time (don't want to haul both suits down), and was leaning towards the wetsuit because I don't want to damage my trilam doing blind exits. Did Nick enforce that standard?

Thanks!

MB

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Permalink Reply by Marc Blackwood on January 21, 2010 at 3:38pm

Thanks Jason/Nick.

My short time in the cenotes earlier in the month did give me a bit of a wakeup call regarding temperature (brr).

Dry it is.

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Permalink Reply by Leonardo Zillo Monte Xillo on January 21, 2010 at 3:49pm

You will have much fun with Oliero flow. Cave diving with Nick is always a great pleasure, but he gives his best when is here in Italy.
The water is pretty cool, but you will enjoy diving with a flow up to 3.5/4 knots as I did with Nick more than once.

Waiting for you here
Leo


Jason Wilson said:

Thanks guys!
We'll be doing a class report soon. Highly recommend Nick as your instructor, thorough and fun course. No high-flow systems available, looks like we will have to travel to Italy in the near future ;)

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Permalink Reply by Jason Wilson on January 21, 2010 at 4:49pm

Thanks Leo, looking forward to it!

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Permalink Reply by Vicente Fito Dahne on February 22, 2010 at 5:26am

hei buddy
someone told me, you are coming back to mexico
I'll be a pleasure to see you again
vic

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Permalink Reply by Vicente Fito Dahne on February 22, 2010 at 5:34am

Hello everyboddy
there is a couple of changes to have flow in mexico
just wait the right hour (change every day)
in cenotes Manati (casa cenote) and Cenote del Mar (oxbelha sistem) you start from the beach, where the sistem finish.
Some days there is no way you can go in without a scooter
cheers
vic

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