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Tod, I use to be a NSS/CDS Full Cave Instructor and I also own Madison Blue Springs (a premier cave system). I have been cave diving in N. Fla. since I was 14 (before they had a card), I am now 38. Please let me offer you a little inside advice. Be true with yourself as to "why" you want to become a "cave diver" (i.e.) magazine hop-la, maybe to impress your friends, girlfriend/wife, dive buddies, self ego, etc......... If you answered "no" all the above, check out GUE before you make any choices. No, I am not a GUE instructor, and I am also the "only" NSS/CDS instructor (to the best of my knowledge) that told them to stick their card. If you choose a NSS/CDS instructor you are rolling the dice in my own opinion. Yea, yea, they will tell you about all the great things they have done, how good they are, bla, bla, but you know jack about the real deal (cave diving), so they expect you to believe this/them and "pay" money for such. Please don't get me wrong, the NSS/CDS has some "very" good instructors, and if you do your home work, you will also find out that most of these are also GUE instructors. Tod, don't shop for price, shop for training, period. In the NSS/CDS instructor core you will find people that are obesely over-weight, have had heart problems and surgery for such , bullshit you about the dives they have done, are "not" full time cave divers (i.e. will teach anything for money) and some should not even be open water divers, let alone instructors in my own opinion (and many others). You now have my insight, do the math, ask many questions of others, and make a informed decision. Signed Bruic (former NSS/CDS Instructor) ----- Original Message ----- From: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> To: <TodRice@ao*.co*>; <cavers@cavers.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 6:14 PM Subject: RE: cave course > Tod, you will get all kinds of private posts as to the best. If they can not > make it a public post, then they are bullshit. > > Come to Florida and get trained by GUE, or don't waste your time, since once > you find out the score in cave diving, you end up going to them anyway. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: TodRice@ao*.co* [mailto:TodRice@ao*.co*] > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 5:46 PM > To: cavers@cavers.com > Subject: cave course > > > Hello, > My name is Tod Rice, I currently have PADI cavern cert and wish to learn how > to cave dive. > Last May I joined the NSS ( National Speleological Society). While visiting > there web sight and notice they have training for cave diving. > > I have a vacation comming up the end of next month and would like to get > training in Cave diving and Nitrox. > > Can anyone tell me who the best NSS cave instructors are who live in or near > Memphis Tennesee? > > > Thanks > >
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