Membership Application Form "A" (CEDU Revision 1-98)
CEDU
Crestline Experimental Dive Unit
Post Office Box 6292
Crestline, California 92325

Name of Applicant: ____________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________
e-mail address: ________________________________________________________
Age/Health Status: _____________________________________________________
Position Desired/Skills to Contribute: _____________________________________

---------------------Answer all of the following Questions:--------------------------

1.) How many:
a) closed circuit rebreathers (any type) have you made? ________________________
b) semi-closed circuit rebreathers have you made? _____________________________
c) hours of dive time do you have on:
----- c.1.) homemade semi- and/or closed circuit rebreathers? ____________________
----- c.2.) commercial and/or military rebreathers (any type)? _________________________
------c.3.) open circuit SCUBA ? ____________________________________________
d) total number of dives. __________________________________________________
e) rebreathers have the various manufacturers promised to produce over the past few years, and have yet to deliver?____________________________________________________

2.) Have you ever:
a) violated Boyles law? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes/No
b) violated the no decompression limits?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes/No
c) modified a scuba regulators? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes/No
d) . . . if Yes, what modifications have you made?________________________________
e) dived solo? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes/No
f) . . . if Yes, when you dived Solo, were you by yoursef?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Yes/No
g) used a full face mask?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes/No
h) used a dry suit? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes/No
i) used underwater communication gear? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes/No
j) had to participate in buddy breathing NOT in a training situation? . . . . . . . .Yes/No
k) purposely sucked a scuba tank empty at depth, just to see if you can get another breath or two out of it during the ascent? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes/No
l) . . . did it work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes/No
m) consumed game underwater ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes/No
n) tasted SodaSorb or Sofnolime? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes/No
o) discharged a firearm underwater? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes/No
p) filled a scuba tank? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes/No
q) over-filled a scuba tank? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes/No
r) used the partial pressure method of mixing gasses in a tank?. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes/No
s) placed a limpet on a friends boat without their knowing, just for the fun of it?. Yes/No

3.) Can you:
a) solve the semi-closed equation? . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes/No
b) free dive? . . . . . . . Yes/No________ Have you ever paid to free dive?. . . . . . .Yes/No
c) enter/exit the beach through 5+ foot surf conditions with full SCUBA? .. . . . . . Yes/No
d) enter/exit rock ledges during 5+ foot surge conditions with full SCUBA? . . . . . Yes/No
e) perform an ESA? . .Yes/No______ If yes from what max. depth: _______________ fsw.
f) use a speargun? . . . Yes/No______ What type: .. Band.. /.. Pneumatic.. /.. Cartridge..
g) pilot a small boat? . Yes/No______ Navigate using: . .Radar.. /.. GPS.. / Sextant / DR
h) operate machines?. .Yes/No______ Type: ..Lathe.. /.. Mill.. /.. Plasma Cutter.. /.. M60

4.) Do you:
a) want to be part of cutting-edge sub-aquatic technological advancements? . . . . . Yes/No
b) want participate in diving history? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes/No
c) want to go where no diver have gone before? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes/No
d) really want to live forever?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes/No

(Answer Yes to any of the above, and you may have what it takes to become a member of the CEDU.)
(Answer No to select questions, you definately have what it takes to become a member of the CEDU.)

Submission of this application is in itself no guarantee that I will be accepted into the CEDU. I (print name) _________________________________ understand that CEDU membership is conditional upon passing various minimum entry requirements and continual membership is completely at the discretion of the Director. I hereby certify to the best of my knowledge that the above information is correct, and I understand that if accepted, I WILL NOT Confirm or Deny, not only my Membership IN, but the Very Existence OF the CEDU.

Respectfully submitted (signature)_________________________________ Date ________

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