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  This is from the archives - rennaker's own admission of abject stupidity, and
why I personally thingk this guy is the absolute worst instructor in the
business, and should be avoided at all costs: read this closely and you wil see
how dumb this guy really is, and that he is the guy who has been badmouthing
JJ. 

 
>  Todd:  The instructor you are talking about is probably me.  That is how I
>  teach cave diving.  If you can't take care of yourself them how do you
>  expect to take care of a buddy in need.  The most important attribute of a
>  cave diver is the ability to think and reason.  That means to be prepared
>  and aware of your surroundings and anticipate the needs of your buddies and
>  youself.  I do not teach production style cave diving.  I try to teach my
>  students to think for themselves and handle their situations.  As Tom Mount
>  says only you can think for yourself, only you can swim for yourself, and
>  only you can breathe for yourself. As far as the long hose think I teach if
>  your regulators are not equal then the best regulator needs to be on the
>  octopus and when its needed you need the most air.  I believe in teaching by
>  the standards of the NACD and the NSS-CDS, which I show and do drills in
>  both configurations,  very few students leave me with the hose wrapped
>  around their necks.  There is some pretty well known divers who died with
>  the hose around their neck, I wonder if they would still like to suck
>  through a soda straw if they come come back and enjoy diving again.  As
>  stated I took my Full Cave in the fall of 1987 and the argument was going on
>  then, and it will never cease as this is a matter of opinion.  If you also
>  listened you must have also heard the most important thing is to be SAFE
>  when cave diving.  After the incident at Little River, when Ken Sallot did
>  save a diver, a few days later I was teaching and some cave divers were
>  carrying stage bottles to the water, they ask me if the line was still
>  broken or repaired.  I stated that my students had got to the dome room and
>  I turned the dive on time, and that the line was in perfect order to the
>  dome room.  After questioning me a couple more times I asked why the
>  concern, and they stated they had talked to George and that he thought the
>  main line was cut and to be careful.  I lost my Temper, and if these people
>  are on the internet then I need to apologize because I ask who the hell was
>  their instructor.  Well you know the answer, and I can't believe that
>  instructors don't teach people how to think for themselves. 
>          Anyway enough said ,and My name is Bill Rennaker.

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