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Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 07:24:05 -0400
From: "John E. Ivanic" <ivanic@di*.ne*>
To: Trey <trey@ne*.co*>
CC: Scott Landon <js_landon@ho*.co*>, TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*,
     heinerth@gt*.ne*, cavers@cavers.com, techdiver@aq*.co*
Subject: Re: TEACHING 12 YEAR OLDS TO CAVE DIVE fact vs dilemina
I can see clearly now why JJ, started a quality training agency.... good for
you!
Mounts instructors up here in Canada are equally just as bad.... there is one
guy that takes 2 years to teach a trimix class..... he just keeps milking the
students, getting them to keep paying all his expenses.

Trey wrote:

> Scott, go to the IANTD web page and see a whole bunch of ridiculous. This
> guy is not only a dumb fuck , he is an unscrupulous, money grubbing scum in
> my book.
>
> Then when the dyslexic, sub-human IQ , uneducated, illiterate moron gets
> called on it, he wants to talk about me doing cocaine 16 years ago when his
> 300 pound kid is out of prison on parole for dealing it.
>
> This is the kind of myopic idiot Mouth is. The lowest form of trash, and
> incapable of justifying anything he does with any argument that makes any
> sense.
>
> Thank God for other training agencies.
>
> From: Scott Landon <js_landon@ho*.co*>
> To: <TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*>; <heinerth@gt*.ne*>; <trey@ne*.co*>
> Cc: <cavers@cavers.com>; <techdiver@aq*.co*>
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 11:13 PM
> Subject: Re: TEACHING 12 YEAR OLDS TO CAVE DIVE fact vs dilemina
>
> > this has got be the most ridiculous horseshit i have seen so far.  rules
> and
> > age limits exist for a reason.   my parents might want me to drive at 14,
> > and they may try to take me to secretly do it, but it is still not
> allowed.
> > do you just make up the rules as you go.  you cannot sky dive at 12, so
> why
> > should you go in an overhead environment.  oh, i know.  it is because the
> > parents have some cash for you.  for once, just try to stand for something
> > besides a buck.  tell them that they cannot be trained.  why is that so
> > fucking hard?  if the cds and nacd will not train cavern at 12, neither
> > should you.
> >
> >
> > >From: "Tom Mount" <TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*>
> > >Reply-To: "Tom Mount" <TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*>
> > >To: "Jill Heinerth" <heinerth@gt*.ne*>, "Scott Landon"
> > ><js_landon@ho*.co*>, "Trey" <trey@ne*.co*>
> > >CC: <cavers@cavers.com>, "a n" <techdiver@aq*.co*>
> > >Subject: Re: TEACHING 12 YEAR OLDS TO CAVE DIVE fact vs dilemina
> > >Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 17:09:13 -0400
> > >
> > >No it is something you do not understand it is the truth
> > >
> > >By the way yes we do have an overhead course for 12 year olds cavern not
> > >cave and not intro cave.They have to do it with their guardian and dive
> > >with
> > >the guardian who is most likely the parents or if the legal guardian
> > >someone
> > >they trust a lot.
> > >
> > >Would you rather that  the parents just take their kids on these dives
> with
> > >no training because they do when not given the ability to have them
> > >trained.
> > >and they are kept on OW gear. For many in central Florida and other
> similar
> > >areas there is little option for diving if they do no go into a cavern
> > >
> > >I think you will find IANTD was not the first to offer this program and
> it
> > >will not be the last. We usually lead in this case we followed but better
> > >trained than just following the parents. No they cannot dive
> unsupervised,
> > >yes we think this will prevent accidents. and it has been in the
> standards
> > >for many years it is not new.
> > >
> > >Tom Mount
> > >CEO IAND Inc / IANTD
> > >TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*
> > >Please note my new eMail address
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Trey <trey@ne*.co*>
> > >To: Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*>; Scott Landon
> > ><js_landon@ho*.co*>; <heinerth@gt*.ne*>
> > >Cc: <techdiver@aq*.co*>; <cavers@cavers.com>
> > >Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 3:57 PM
> > >Subject: Re: TEACHING 12 YEAR OLDS TO CAVE DIVE fact vs dilemina
> > >
> > >
> > > > Tom, is this from that lying bitch who said she went 10 grand at
> Wakulla
> > >,
> > > > "World Record Jill"? Oh, I believe her. We all do. Tell her to get a
> new
> > >set
> > > > of wheels for her mobile home and drag it  to Arkansas with the rest
> of
> > >the
> > > > liars.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*>
> > > > To: Trey <trey@ne*.co*>; Scott Landon <js_landon@ho*.co*>
> > > > Cc: <techdiver@aq*.co*>; <cavers@cavers.com>
> > > > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 3:40 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: TEACHING 12 YEAR OLDS TO CAVE DIVE fact vs dilemina
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Tom,
> > > > >
> > > > > This can be forwarded to the list since it represents the accurate
> > > > picture:
> > > > >
> > > > > The student at Little River under private instruction from Paul
> > >Heinerth
> > > > was
> > > > > "interested" in the possibility of cave training and diving double
> > >tanks.
> > > > > She
> > > > > is very petite, but 25 years old. She did an orientation dive in the
> > >open
> > > > > water
> > > > > at Little River on the double tanks and some preliminary cavern
> swims
> > >with
> > > > a
> > > > > reel down to the permanent guideline and back a couple of times. She
> > > > carried
> > > > > her own doubles up and down the steps at Little River and with the
> > > > guidnace
> > > > > of
> > > > > her instructor and fiance chose to delay continued training until
> she
> > >had
> > > > an
> > > > > opportunity to spend some time at the gym preparing to carry double
> > >tanks.
> > > > > She
> > > > > was quite sore after the day's activities.
> > > > > I hope everyone recalls how challenging it can be when starting
> > >anything
> > > > new
> > > > > in
> > > > > life. Sometimes we need a "taste" to see how much we have to learn.
> > >After
> > > > a
> > > > > discovery experience with a trained and sensitive instructor,
> > >sometimes
> > > > > individuals can then have a better appreciation for the preparation
> > >that
> > > > > they
> > > > > will need before continuing dive training.
> > > > > Everyone deserves to have the chance to learn and be a "guppie."
> Most
> > >of
> > > > the
> > > > > divers on this list will likely recall less than graceful times in
> > >their
> > > > > past.
> > > > > When new divers are nurtured, they often blossom into wonderful,
> > >talented
> > > > > and
> > > > > carfeul technical divers. Sometimes they don't. We all deserve a
> right
> > >to
> > > > > try.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jill Heinerth
> > > > >
> > > > > Tom Mount wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Jill
> > > > > > Thanks I'm not on the list either but they copy stuff like this to
> > >me,
> > > > > > Imagined it would be something like that
> > > > > >
> > > > > > May I forward this to the list as some who read do not know better
>
> > > > >
> > > > > Tom Mount
> > > > > CEO IAND Inc / IANTD
> > > > > TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*
> > > > > Please note my new eMail address
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: Trey <trey@ne*.co*>
> > > > > To: Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*>; Scott Landon
> > > > > <js_landon@ho*.co*>
> > > > > Cc: <techdiver@aq*.co*>; <cavers@cavers.com>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 11:37 AM
> > > > > Subject: Re: TEACHING 12 YEAR OLDS TO CAVE DIVE
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Who was it that carried this 12 year old girl's double 95's to the
> > >water
> > > > > at
> > > > > > Little River, her "motha"?  Or was the girl 10? Show me the cavern
> > >at
> > > > > little
> > > > > > river ( all 20 feet of it ) and then tell me why the doubles were
> > >used
> > > > for
> > > > > a
> > > > > > "single tank" course, and then the question I really have: Tom,
> why
> > >is
> > > > it
> > > > > > that whenever real bullshit show up, your name is all over it, and
> > >the
> > > > > > Heinerths are right there as well? Why is it that you can give a
> > > > straight
> > > > > > answer to a question?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've got news for you , pal. Our sport is not here for you to
> screw
> > >up
> > > > and
> > > > > > try to extricate a buck out of. You have clowns like Garret
> Wineberg
> > > > > > teaching open water while on a rebreather, and now this. What
> next?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 10 dives and 12 years old - Bravo, Tom, you've hit a new low.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*>
> > > > > > To: Scott Landon <js_landon@ho*.co*>; <trey@ne*.co*>
> > > > > > Cc: <techdiver@aq*.co*>; <cavers@cavers.com>
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 10:30 AM
> > > > > > Subject: Re: TEACHING 12 YEAR OLDS TO CAVE DIVE
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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