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Mike, I hestiate to recommend Mount without telling you to be sure he does not try to get you butt mounting or some other silliness, but if you can get him to agree up front to Hogarthian gear arrangements, I would go with Tom down here in South Fl. If you were cave diving, I would send you to JJ in Gainseville, other than that I do not know outside of the Great Lakes who to go to. I am unclear on who the New England guys are - maybe Raimo, but I am not even sure where he is, probably South Bronx by his accent. Florida is a great place to learn diving, but the wind can shut you out. I would ask Tom to set up with the Organ Grinder Monkee (Deans, as he used to be known), to also dive there. Billy has a great operation and has excellnt dives that can be done on wind directions that blow out Ft Lauderdale. You could also check with Mimms and Joe Lavotti, as they will be the guys who are running the trips anyway, but I still think that Mount does the teaching out of Ocean Diving as well. The other thing is that after you get all of the basics, you can always come back for advanced courses or just dives where all of this will mean a lot more than it does now. Start out with Tom, and then go from there - just don't dive rebreather with him - you can talk in a Halcyon, so he will be yapping the whole time. - G On Wed, 1 Jan 1997, "Michael Samsen" <msamsen@ix*.ne*.co*> wrote: >Southern Fla...will be there last two weeks in August... > >Or, driving distance from Southern Connecticut, where I live (could be NY, >NJ, or CT) > >Thanks > >---------- >> From: George Irvine <gmiiii@in*.co*> >> To: Michael Samsen <msamsen@ix*.ne*.co*> >> Subject: Re: Would like your advice.. >> Date: Wednesday, January 01, 1997 7:44 PM >> >> >> Mike, where do you need the intructor to be located? >> >> On Wed, 1 Jan 1997, "Michael Samsen" <msamsen@ix*.ne*.co*> wrote: >> >As I enter the world on tech diving, I am looking for some real solid >> >instruction as a first step. Although I live in Ct., I spend time in >Ft. >> >Lauderdale where I grew up. Could you recommend anybody? >> > >> >I have a (very) little training and experience: took a cavern course at >> >Ginnie, PADI EAN, Deep, Wreck, etc. Some deep wreck diving in the >> >northeast Atlantic. But BASICALLY A NOVICE at this so I would like to >> >start right!! (BTW, I am 48 yrs old, good shape, and a rationale, eager >> >learner...not some kid who is working on his macho!) >> > >> >Thanks, >> > >> > Mike (not Nelson) >> > >> > >> >> >> George M. Irvine III >> DIR WKPP >> Woodville Karst Plain Project >> 1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 >> 954-493-6655 FAX 6698 >> Email gmiiii@in*.co* >> >> > > George M. Irvine III DIR WKPP Woodville Karst Plain Project 1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-493-6655 FAX 6698 Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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