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8/30/2024, 3:33:44 PM
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>So I'm the uncertified OP now freshly certified and the OW class is clearly meant for lemmings and children.
Ofc, it's tailored for the average person (or lowest common denominator) like everything else in life. PADI is a business but for the average person a good idea to learn how to operate basic equipment. This is a sport where if you fuck up too badly, you're dead or in the hospital.
>I didn't already learn/study up on before diving, saw someone wig out of a mask off and someone failed on the 50ft swim breath hold
I, no joke, got certified with a guy who didn't know how to swim. On the 300M swim requirement for OW, he doggy paddled the entire distance, the instructor and I had to wait forever for him to finish. He struggled to tread water for even 10 min too. In open water with waves, guy probably would've panicked and drowned, yes he got his cert btw.
>If my GI bill from the military wasn't paying for it i would not have gone but now i can fill my tanks anywhere and can get into the cert places which is cool i guess
Maybe you're lucky and can drive to the beach/fill your own cylinders somehow, I live in-land and north so decent scuba diving (not a quarry, pond, or river) requires significant travel for me. I don't even own a cylinder, I rent them at dive shops wherever I'm visiting because taking a AL80 cylinder on an airplane doesn't make sense and they ask for certification before they let me rent a few tanks. For many, especially those who rent gear/tanks, you have no alternatives.
>So I'm the uncertified OP now freshly certified and the OW class is clearly meant for lemmings and children.
Ofc, it's tailored for the average person (or lowest common denominator) like everything else in life. PADI is a business but for the average person a good idea to learn how to operate basic equipment. This is a sport where if you fuck up too badly, you're dead or in the hospital.
>I didn't already learn/study up on before diving, saw someone wig out of a mask off and someone failed on the 50ft swim breath hold
I, no joke, got certified with a guy who didn't know how to swim. On the 300M swim requirement for OW, he doggy paddled the entire distance, the instructor and I had to wait forever for him to finish. He struggled to tread water for even 10 min too. In open water with waves, guy probably would've panicked and drowned, yes he got his cert btw.
>If my GI bill from the military wasn't paying for it i would not have gone but now i can fill my tanks anywhere and can get into the cert places which is cool i guess
Maybe you're lucky and can drive to the beach/fill your own cylinders somehow, I live in-land and north so decent scuba diving (not a quarry, pond, or river) requires significant travel for me. I don't even own a cylinder, I rent them at dive shops wherever I'm visiting because taking a AL80 cylinder on an airplane doesn't make sense and they ask for certification before they let me rent a few tanks. For many, especially those who rent gear/tanks, you have no alternatives.
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