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Randy, glad to hear this. Randy Bohrer wrote: > > KVI: > > I hope you're not including me in this group of morons that go along with > stupidity, or someone who practices convoluted stupidity, etc. You know that > I still consider myself a student, and that I am always looking for ways to > improve. I don't teach nitrox to 170, and certainly not air to 190. Perhaps > I should change my couse literature to make that more clear (I currently > quote standards in the individual course descriptions, but brag about using > a true trimix in the trimix course with a 130 EAD). > > Raising the price of my courses and decreasing the number of students I take > at a time was the best thing I've ever done. I get students who want to buy > the right equipment, want to do the dives, and want to learn the material. > I'm still not totally happy with the quality of my courses, and continue to > try to improve. > > I'm not sure that the "bullshit" instruction can be stopped. There are > always instructors who will cut corners to offer a quicker cheaper course, > and there are always customers who want to buy a c-card and will whine about > the cost and time commitment of even the worst courses. One thing that will > help stop the bs instruction is to enforce the standards. The three main > technical agencies all have a qa program that involves reviewing > questionaires sent to students randomly, but apparently none have turned up > any problems. However, I have seen course literature that is in obvious > violation of standards, and continue to hear stories about half-assed > courses. > > Stupid or not, senseless or not, irresponsible or not, the I will remember > the deaths of Chris Rouse and Chris Rouse Jr as one of the worst diving > accidents I've known of. They will continue to be missed by all who knew > them. > > Sincerely, > C. Randy Bohrer, President > Underwater Applications Corp > 15 Brewster Rd > Framingham, MA 01702 > tel: 508-628-9520 > fax: 508-820-3337 > http://www.geocities.com/~uwapplications > > -----Original Message----- > From: kirvine@sa*.ne* [mailto:kirvine@sa*.ne*] > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 1998 5:54 AM > To: underwaterapplications@cs*.co* > Cc: cavers@ca*.co*; techdiver > Subject: re six years today > > Randy, congrats on the no name child - sounds like the 1974 Dolphins > defensive backfield. > > While there we learn more from Gagne's life than from his death, we > learn more from the Rouses' death . When ever you mention them, you need > to remind everyone that they died deep air diving, the kind of crap that > you dive instructors continue to teach, and the kind of crap that the > strokes continue to preach. > > We will see if you let the unnamed one dive deep air. My kids quit > diving due to the high accident rate of the rest of you out there. > > It is also a good time to remind everyone that Rouse senior was heard > to say , "I will probably regret doing this dive" due to adverse > conditions prior to the dive ( failed to exercise Option Number One ), > that the younger one used all of his air up in the sub, and that they > both shot to the surface, killing the one on the spot, and the other in > the chamber, a real fine scene. > > While we hear excuse after excuse for the current accidents and while > it is true that some of the real deep air idiots in diving have been > totally discredited, the rest of you conintue to practice convoluted > stupidty and inconsistent standards on the edge of outright insanity > that will guarantee an ongoing accident bonanza. > > Randy, when your kid gets old enough, will you be able to coherently > explain to him how you were teaching nitrox to 170, air to 190, but > trimix with a 130 AED? If you , Mount, or any of the other "instructors" > out there can reconcile this stupidity , I will kiss all of your asses. > > Time for some reflection now - all of you who teach for these agencies > are morons for going along with this. All of you who whine about the > deaths need to learn how to do things properly, and enforce what goes on > around you. I won't get on a boat where bullshit is going on, and the > sooner the rest of you do just that, the sooner that bullshit insruction > stops, and the sooner the accidents stop. > > Cave diving is even worse - luckily there are very few caves for > strokes to dive, and no deep ones, ohter than the current death window > in Wakulla that will soon be permantently slammed shut. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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