Maybe people shouldn't become "technical divers" until they have some 
openwater experience under their belt?

I'm a firm believer in the many month apprenticeship type programs. 
Going from "advanced openwater to full cave" in 5 days is not doing 
the student or cave justice. Same can be said for most of the 
"pushing of technical classes" out there. People need to spend time 
at each level, diving, developing, and improving their skills. Maybe 
if people weren't in such a rush to go out and hurry up and 
get it all done as quick as possible, people wouldn't have put 
themselves in the unenviable position of having tragic fatalities by 
pushing too many people through.

When you push divers through quickly they tend to miss some important 
key points. Imagine what happens when the instructors are being 
pushed quickly?

Ken

> Date:          Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:13:37 -0800
> From:          Greg Kuiper <techdiver@earthlink.net>
> To:            techdiver@aquanaut.com, "John R. Rose" <rose@CS*.Sc*.ED*>
> Subject:       Re: Retraining of Mount's students was Re: gas sharing and
restr ictio

> John Rose,
> Sounds like a good approach.  
> John Strohm however was comparing beginning techdiver accidents to WKPP
> divers.  Do you really have people diving at Wakulla who did not start
> out as experienced technical divers?
> Greg Kuiper
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