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Inspirationdiver · 06-02-2004, 04:47 PM,

I'm with you on this one DRE. The major problem here I believe is in the mindset of a lot of CCR divers. Many of them, including myself, were doing decompression dives with mixed gases before they ever got into rebreathers. They expect to be able to use their new kit to do the same dives they had been doing on OC. Here's where the problem comes in, the rebreather is nothing like any of the gear you have used before. It's like starting all over again at OWI training. You have to relearn buoyancy control, equipment configuration, etc, and it's even tougher the second time you learn it because you have to unlearn all your OC skills. Try telling someone who has been to 250ft many times before that they can't do it anymore. :'( Some of them just don't listen.