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Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 10:34:37 +0000
To: "Xavier Merlin" <xavier.merlin@pi*.be*>, <cavers@cavers.com>
From: Samy Elashmawy <samelash@ix*.ne*.co*>
Subject: Re: certification in one week ???
One week , not a whole lot of time !


Doing either

1/ cavern/intor cave 


or



2/ apprentice / full cave



can be done togethre in one week , not both. 80 -90 % drop out when doing
all four courses. with a GOOD instructer Like Steve Berman , it will be
the Boot Camp of diving. After one of these ocurse you will have made a
quantim leap in knoledge and dive skill , and most likely be wrong out
completely and want to take a day off to recouperate.


Do the 1st , practice what you learn for six months or so , then return
for the second. 

Its well woth the cost. Watch out for "strokes", those who sell you a
ticket for $$$

You want to LEARN the skills and knoledge , the card will not help when
the shit his the fan.


Others have died becouse of this. This is no joke. Your ;ife ( I hope )
is not worth loosing over 500 - 100- dollers you save on skimpy
instruction. You will save more latter by buying the right gear and not
being sold "shit" that is completely usless. , Just so some unsrupillus
?instructer" can make a commision off you , couse hes offering the course
at ""cost" .



At 10:33 AM 10/24/1999 +0200, Xavier Merlin wrote: 

>>>>

<excerpt>Hi,

  

I am wondering if it is possible to do cavern/cave certification in ONE
week. I am comfortable with wings and doubles. Any courses I have
followed so far were very successfull (I succeeded always in one and I am
highly motivated).

  

I can spend exactly ONLY one week in FL in March next year. Any
suggestions, ideas are welcome. A week ago I did send an email to
<<mailto:tyler@ca*.co*>tyler@cavediving.com;
<<mailto:jj@ib*.ne*>jj@ibm.net;
<<mailto:cole@ca*.co*>cole@cavediving.com;
<<mailto:kendal@ca*.co*>kendal@cavediving.com but I did not
receive any answers yet.

  

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THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GETS GOING

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param><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param>Xavier
Merlin

<<http://www.ping.be/safe-diving>http://www.ping.be/safe-diving

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Technical EANx diver, PADI Divemaster

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