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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:40:38 -0500
From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey)
To: Jsuw@ao*.co*
CC: cavers@cavers.com
Subject: Re: Little River Fatality
Jsuw@ao*.co* wrote:
> 
> George:
> 
> I thought I saw in the incident report that it was an IANTD certification.  I
also wondered about using a quarry to simulate a cave.  I'm not familiar with
that quarry, so I can't comment on whether it meets the criteria for being a
cave.  I also don't know details about the training standards for cave
certification, but I thought that the training requires dives using multiple
cave systems/sites.  That would make it impossible to complete a course in a
single location like that quarry.
> 

 Now we are getting someplace.


> In a message dated Thu, 16 Mar 2000  2:08:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
trey@ne*.co* (Trey) writes:
> 
> > Better question is ,"Did they pay up front". I still want to know what
> > trainging agency these guys had cards from, and if the instrictor is a
> > cave instructor with CDS or NACD - I can not believe, as bad as those
> > two organizations are in the "idiots teaching cave" category that they
> > would allow cave "trainging" in rock pits and mines. Anyone have this
> > information?
> >
> > I know you goobers are all holding hands on this. Come on, I'll find out
> > anyway.
> >
> > O'Daniel, David wrote:
> > >
> > > I dont know if this issue was already addressed.  I have a couple of
> > > questions.  Did these two individuals rent the gear they were using?  and
if
> > > so, where did they rent it from?

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