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Rich, so you are saying the Norstorm is a liar, or just an idiot? I know the other two, so don't bother bullshitting about them . Richard Pyle wrote: > > > Nordstrom stated to me that with my experence as an instructor and diver on > > C2R systems that it would take me 2 years to be a Cis. instructor. > > Nordstrom says a lot of things to a lot of people. > > > How much did the current Cis instructors pay or invest to be instructors. > > There are only three, as far as I know - Tom Mount, Larry Green, and Richard > Nordstrom. Nordstrom taught Tom and Larry. Bill Stone and I also helped teach > Larry, and kevin Gurr helped teach Tom. I don't believe either of them (Tom > or Larry) paid or invested any money at all to become instructors - Nordstrom > went to them. I am not an instructor, nor do I want to be, nor has Nordstrom > ever given any indication that he will ever allow me to be. If Nordstrom told > you two years, it was probably because 1) he doesn't know you personally > well-enough to be comfortable with you as a Cis instructor (that can change > quickly); and 2) He doesn't want a lot of instructors yet because there > aren't enough units to justify it. He originally was going to be the only > instructor himself, but included Tom and Larry because he knows and trusts > them both, and respects their teaching skills and general diving experience. > This is all speculation on my part, of course, so you will have to talk to > Nordstrom directly. > > > Just so they can wave a geek flag and say hey see me im a no time inwater C2R > > master instructor geek and I know it all. What losers. > > I don't know Larry's experience, but Tom has a lot more C2R experience > than you might think. I wouldn't consider either of them to be "losers". > > > It takes time on these systems to know anything, It takes more time to > > experence to all the bad that comes with all the good. Unless your have been > > there and lived the experence of seeing your life about to snuff out becouse > > of a error in judgment or a GOK experence you are not qualified to teach a > > C2R class. > > Nobody has expressed this sentiment more vehemently and publicly than I > have. > > Aloha, > Rich > > Richard Pyle > Ichthyology, Bishop Museum deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or* > 1525 Bernice St. PH: (808) 848-4115 > Honolulu, HI 96817-0916 FAX: (808) 841-8968 > "The views are those of the sender and not of Bishop Museum" -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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