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From: kjk@iham1.UUCP (kjk)
Newsgroups: net.rec.scuba
Subject: Re: Learning to dive the right way
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Date: Mon, 17-Sep-84 16:27:49 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 17 16:27:49 1984
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I being a certified YMCA diver would have to agree.  Scuba diving is
a fun and enjoyable thing.  If it is done right!  The instructor of the
course I took is one of the most saftey concious divers I know.  During
the entire course we learned what to do and more inportantly how to become
I safe diver.  The course really did its best to help make a diver aware
of his/her own limitations and also because of this I felt more comfortable
during the class.  Part of the class work included a CPR training
exercise.  All of this was offered through the YMCA and taught by a 
dedicated volunteer staff!  I was so impressed by the course and the
people who taught it that I myself joined the scuba club, it was the
club which offered the course through the YMCA.  Part of the clubs charter
is to promote safe/fun diving.  They require each member to hold a valid
certification card and also a valid CPR card.  This type of saftey is
stressed and integrated as part of the course.  Most of the students
that we see through offering the course have either taken a short resort
course while on vacation, or have friends that dive and are
interested in learning.  By educating people properly from the beginning
what it takes to be a safe diver they can learn to make it part of their
everyday diving routine.