Mike, Reanker called the Sheriff and told him I "threatened" him. He
showed the Sheriff an email, which was from somebody else, and the
Sheriff called me to see if I wanted to press charges for the false
charges by Rennaker. I should have done so, and did not.

Rennaker needs to be stopped .

Mike Bruic wrote:
> 
> Why doesn't the fact that every time Rennaker opens his fat ass mouth, he
> seems to be spewing bullshit surprise me. Rennaker is one of the key players
> in the rapid demise of the cds, and they back him up 100%, go figure.
> Recently this piece of shit spewed lies and misconceptions about me also. I
> was called to do a recovery at Thunderhole, but my gear was torn down at the
> time of the call, so I notified Lamar to do the dive, and that I would also
> go to the scene to get more information for him. When I arrived Rennaker was
> already their, but what I didn't know was that he had been denied permission
> to get in the water by the sheriffs department (I guess they seen FA stroke
> written all over him when he got out of his van and all the empty potato
> chip bags hit the dirt). To make a long story short, when I thought this
> could turn out to be a rescue instead of a recovery, I borrowed the
> survivors gear, and started the search in my jeans and a t-shirt until
> Lammar arrived. At this point my core temperature had drooped to being
> hypothermic, and I had to exit the water, and Lamar continued in the areas I
> had not yet checked. He found the girl alive, got her to the surface and got
> credit for what he did. Rennaker now missing his chance in the spotlight
> starts telling people later on that he wished he wouldn't have lied and said
> he never dove Thunderhole and insinuating that he could have saved the girl
> himself, and that I showed up drunk and screaming at him and didn't even
> know that I didn't have a drysuit on when I got into the water. I filed a
> instructor ethics complaint with NSS/CDS, NACD, and IANTD and was given the
> same treatment that JJ was when Rennaker spewed bullshit about him. I also
> backed my complaint and sobriety with Lammar , and the dozen deputies and
> EMT's that were at Thunderhole. Rennaker told me the sheriff's department
> would lie and couldn't be trusted, the training director of the NACD also
> called me and said so what if you booze on your breath when your diving,
> thats no big deal. When knowbody took any action against Rennaker other than
> a secret hand shake, a pat on the back, and a please don't do it again Bill
> laugh, I told them to stuff my instructors card where the sun doesn't shine.
> 
> Bruic
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joel Markwell <joeldm@mi*.co*>
> To: <trey@ne*.co*>; <cavers@cavers.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 4:24 PM
> Subject: Re: CDS Mag Editors
> 
> > on 4/20/00 10:13 AM, Trey at trey@ne*.co* wrote:
> >
> > > Markwell was just one of many who got this treatment for the heresy of
> > > showcasing the most succssful cave diving project that ever exsisted.
> > >
> > > Annette Long, when she was on the board, had a huge fit about any WKPP
> > > articles, and got her you konw whats in a wad over John Todd getting an
> > > article published.
> >
> > Trey,
> >
> > I did get major feces about doing a piece on the WKPP. Bill Renneker
> > reportedly threw a fit because he thought his Brazil cave diving piece got
> > bumped in favor of the WKPP piece--it didn't, his article was submitted
> > after the issue was already set up.
> >
> > Lamar was supportive, I talked to him about it and he had no problem that
> I
> > could discern with running articles about the WKPP. The Usual Suspects is
> > the correct phrase, BTW, to describe those that have a terminal case of
> the
> > ass for the WKPP and anyone who says anything nice about it.
> >
> > Now, my guess is that the Mac computer BS that Lee was running probably
> came
> > from Bill. I believe that partially because someone suggested that it did
> > and because a while back I saw Bill and some other "insiders" and
> mentioned
> > to them that I had found some papers that Shannon had transferred to me
> when
> > I was Editor and wondered to whom I should send them, Beth or the Board.
> > Somehow it came back to me that Bill went to a meeting and told someone
> > there that I had some "equipment" that belonged to the Board. Rumors.
> >
> > This was a second-hand report too, so maybe he actually said that I had
> some
> > equipment that the BOD wished they had and wasn't I a nice guy and all . .
> .
> > ya right.
> >
> > Later,
> >
> > JoeL
> >
> > PS--See why I'm so glad to be no longer involved personally in cave
> > politics? Here I am in an online list discussion of it and I'm remembering
> > it all and I already feel dirty again.
> >
> >
> >

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