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Tom, This can be forwarded to the list since it represents the accurate picture: The student at Little River under private instruction from Paul Heinerth was "interested" in the possibility of cave training and diving double tanks. She is very petite, but 25 years old. She did an orientation dive in the open water at Little River on the double tanks and some preliminary cavern swims with a reel down to the permanent guideline and back a couple of times. She carried her own doubles up and down the steps at Little River and with the guidnace of her instructor and fiance chose to delay continued training until she had an opportunity to spend some time at the gym preparing to carry double tanks. She was quite sore after the day's activities. I hope everyone recalls how challenging it can be when starting anything new in life. Sometimes we need a "taste" to see how much we have to learn. After a discovery experience with a trained and sensitive instructor, sometimes individuals can then have a better appreciation for the preparation that they will need before continuing dive training. Everyone deserves to have the chance to learn and be a "guppie." Most of the divers on this list will likely recall less than graceful times in their past. When new divers are nurtured, they often blossom into wonderful, talented and carfeul technical divers. Sometimes they don't. We all deserve a right to try. Jill Heinerth Tom Mount wrote: > Jill > Thanks I'm not on the list either but they copy stuff like this to me, > Imagined it would be something like that > > May I forward this to the list as some who read do not know better Tom Mount CEO IAND Inc / IANTD TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne* Please note my new eMail address ----- Original Message ----- From: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> To: Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*>; Scott Landon <js_landon@ho*.co*> Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; <cavers@ca*.co*> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 11:37 AM Subject: Re: TEACHING 12 YEAR OLDS TO CAVE DIVE > Who was it that carried this 12 year old girl's double 95's to the water at > Little River, her "motha"? Or was the girl 10? Show me the cavern at little > river ( all 20 feet of it ) and then tell me why the doubles were used for a > "single tank" course, and then the question I really have: Tom, why is it > that whenever real bullshit show up, your name is all over it, and the > Heinerths are right there as well? Why is it that you can give a straight > answer to a question? > > I've got news for you , pal. Our sport is not here for you to screw up and > try to extricate a buck out of. You have clowns like Garret Wineberg > teaching open water while on a rebreather, and now this. What next? > > 10 dives and 12 years old - Bravo, Tom, you've hit a new low. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*> > To: Scott Landon <js_landon@ho*.co*>; <trey@ne*.co*> > Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; <cavers@ca*.co*> > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 10:30 AM > Subject: Re: TEACHING 12 YEAR OLDS TO CAVE DIVE > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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