Mailing List Archive Mailing List Archive
Don't forget that NAUI tec has some good ones also, a few who come to mind are: Billy Deans Joel Silverstein joelsilverstein@wo*.at*.ne* Tim O Leary Nauitec@ao*.co* Bob Decker RDecker388@ao*.co* ---- David M. Thiesfeld ----- Original Message ----- From: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> To: Ryan McNabb <longrifles@ya*.co*> Cc: List - Technical Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 10:43 AM Subject: Re: Lost deco gas - stops adjustments > > - > > Ryan, while there may be good IANTD or TDI > instructors, these poor guys are subject to the > stupidity of the "standards" of their leaders ( pause > while I wipe off the screen). > > For instance, JJ used to be an IANTD instructor when > that dumb fuck Mouth required "deep ai"r as a > prerequisite for trimix. Obvoiusly, JJ did not do > that, but that is JJ - most of these guys are > terrified of Mouth and Gilliam, and will teach you > what they are told to teach, and some ( most ) of that > is so stupid as to be criminal in my opinion. > > Why bother with idots? Go to GUE. > > > > > >So, where do I go as a new diver to get the correct > education > >once my experience level is up to technical diving? > Where is > >mixed gas diving and decompression taught correctly, > and by > >whom? Is GUE the gold standard? Are there good > instructors in > >the TDI or IANTD? I keep hearing that I need to find > good > >instructors and not worry about what organization > they are > >affiliated with, but on this list I seem to pick up > vibes that > >there are systemic problems with certain > organizations that > >should be avoided. I don't ever want to un-learn > anything. I > >want to learn it correctly, the first time. I don't > want a > >backlog of bad ideas and bad decisions to give myself > >"perspecive" or any of that crap. So where do I go? > > > >My dive shop here is headed by a very intelligent and > extremely > >experienced technical diver and he and his > instructors will be > >my first step, but I don't want to waste my time with > SSI's > >"Deep Diving" or Nitrox classes if I can drive a few > hours to > >the coast and get the real deal. > > > >Thanks for your expertise. People give you shit > because they > >don't want to hear that they're wrong, but as an > infantry > >veteran and an ICU nurse I know both the horror of > death and the > >gratitude we should feel to the person who tells us > to STFU and > >listen. Such people are lifesavers. By their logic > Drill > >Instructors would be more effective if they were nice > guys who > >never raised their voices and protected everyone's > ego. > > > >Thanks > >Ryan McNabb > > > >===== -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
Navigate by Author:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Subject Search Index]
[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]
[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]