Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site iham1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!iham1!kjk From: kjk@iham1.UUCP (kjk) Newsgroups: net.rec.scuba Subject: Re: Learning to dive the right way Message-ID: <213@iham1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Sep-84 16:27:49 EDT Article-I.D.: iham1.213 Posted: Mon Sep 17 16:27:49 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 04:19:46 EDT References: <528@bunker.UUCP> <560@ihlts.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 19 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.