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From: "Lais, Bill" <BLais@ha*.co*>
To: "'zimmmt@au*.al*.co*'" <zimmmt@au*.al*.co*>
Cc: "'cavers@cavers.com'" <cavers@cavers.com>
Subject: was: RE: Candidate improvement
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:19:13 -0500
There's a lot of BAD info out there, too   ;-)

Bill Lais, E.I. -  Engineer  II
Handex of Florida - Mt. Dora, Fl.
352/735-1800  ext. 166


		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Mike Zimmerman [SMTP:zimmmt@au*.al*.co*]
		Sent:	Tuesday, February 02, 1999 9:58 AM
		To:	mzimmerman@uc*.ed*
		Cc:	cavers@cavers.com
		Subject:	Re: Candidate improvement

		George wrote:
		> Matt, if you really want to learn this, show up first, see
what they
		> teach you, go back and pratice that in open water, and
then come back
		> and finish the course(s). Spread it out.

		Exactly correct.  I spread it out over 3 years (ok longer
than I really
		wanted due to extenuating circumstances), but then again I
am only
		better off for it.

		Almost all cave skills can be practiced in simulated
circumstances in
		your local quarry.  Learn everything there, and demonstrate
that
		you know it when you take your cave class.  

		Practice your buoyancy control in full cave gear.  Dive in
full cave
		gear until the gear is no longer the issue, until doubles no
longer
		faze you, and putting on a single again seems like
weightlifting
		with Nerf weights.  I pity the guys who show up for full
cave and
		have to totally convert from OW singles gear.  Too many new
		things all at once.  Remove some of the variables on your
own time,
		ahead of the class.  There is enuf info out there to be
rigged
		correctly without the need to take a class first.

		Best of luck,
		Mike

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