Rebreather instead of OC tech ?

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Funny you should ask. This is a conversation I recently had with a good buddy of mine just after our CCR course. And, of course the view is going to be different for everyone.

The benefit of going through OC training is reallying getting a good foundation in technical diving without the added task loading of CCR during the process. Now that may just be my perspective from going through "hard overhead" training (cave). However, even going through the physiology studies of OC diving give you better working knowledge of mixed gases and dive planning. Would you really "know" an OC deco schedule if you hadn't done it for years? And instead, just went ahead with a rig that made things work? Sooner or later every CCR diver is going have to be an OC diver, and more than likely it'll be during decompression. Good thread though.