Inspiration Cave Dive

[Chuck_Northrup]

If you want to check out the standards for CCR Cave look at iantd.com they have (to my knowledge) the only CCR Cave course.

Reprinted from IANTD standards for Closed Circuit Rebreather Cave Diver, section E (equipment requirements)
1. All students must be taught the concept of gas matching based on O2 metabolism
2. Bailout adequate to allow 1 1/2 divers to exit the cave on OC must be carried by the dive team
3. A stage decompression cylinder containing oxygen is recommended for deco as a back up to the system
4. Bailout stages must be configured to ensure easy hand off to an out of gas diver. A 5 foot hose (1.5 meter hose) is recommended.

There are several more listed requirements but I think these are the only standards germane to your query. 8) Alpinists carry less, you could certainly carry more. It will be interesting to see if they cover dive planning on the special tonight.

Hope this helps

PS "If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face"
--Zach de la Rocha