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Subject: Re: HOSE STUFFER!
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 01 00:13:54 -1000
From: Dave Sams <dsams@al*.co*>
To: "George Irvine" <George-Irvine@em*.ne*>
cc: "Techdiver" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Aloha George,

Thanks for so eloquently making my point...

Regards,

Dave

>Terry, the NACD and CDS are nothing but collections of trailer trash goobers
>who are trying to make a living teaching cave diving.  Both organizations
>are run by instructors and most of the members of each are instructors.
>
>The gear configs these guys use are too stupid to discuss.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "terry michael" <OEA51@go*.co*>
>To: "George Irvine" <George-Irvine@em*.ne*>; "pina" <pina3@be*.ne*>
>Cc: "Techdiver" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 8:48 PM
>Subject: HOSE STUFFER!
>
>
>> I heard that the president of NACD is a hose stuffer! Is that true? The
>"recreational cave diver" is a red neck N. Florida idea in my opinion that
>was exported to Mexico for profit$$ THE CAVES AND ENVIRONMENT GETS F*CKED
>people get killed and you guys sell dive products.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "George Irvine"<George-Irvine@em*.ne*>
>> To: "pina"<pina3@be*.ne*>, "Brad, Jen, and Sam"<bjs539@ho*.co*>
>> Cc: "Techdiver"<techdiver@aquanaut.com>
>> Date: Sun Jun 17 01:42:13 PDT 2001
>> Subject: Re: don't be silly....was....RE: Advice on NACD?
>>
>> >The only thing you need for an NACD course is a checkbook and two days.
>It is a joke. The "instructors" do not themselves do any real diving ,
>whereas the GUE guys do, and the majority of them are going to run you
>through bullshit dives as fast as they can so they can get on back to the
>trailer for Miller Time.
>> >
>> >The one thing you can get from the NACD is a card, no matter how much of
>a clusterfuck you are, so if you can not pass the walk and chew gum test, go
>to the NACD. If you are a real basket case, go to the CDS.
>> >  ----- Original Message -----
>> >  From: pina
>> >  To: Brad, Jen, and Sam
>> >  Cc: Techdiver
>> >  Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 10:29 PM
>> >  Subject: don't be silly....was....RE: Advice on NACD?
>> >
>> >
>> >  That is silly.
>> >
>> >  Here is the link to the GUE Cave 1 course:
>> >  http://www.gue.com/classroom/standards/gue_cave1_student.pdf
>> >
>> >  You do not need any prior cave/cavern training for this course, and if
>you have had any they will just have to un-train all the bad habits you have
>developed, and straighten the bad gear advice you received from other
>instructors.
>> >
>> >  Just get the proper training the first time.
>> >
>> >  --pina
>> >    -----Original Message-----
>> >    From: Brad, Jen, and Sam [mailto:bjs539@ho*.co*]
>> >    Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 9:13 PM
>> >    To: Techdiver List
>> >    Subject: Advice on NACD?
>> >
>> >
>> >    Hello all-
>> >    I am wanting to learn the right way to do cave dives. This is
>obviously going to be GUE, but I don't think I am ready for GUE yet, as I
>have no other cave/cavern training. I have been thinking about doing the
>NACD courses to help prepare me for the GUE courses, but wanted to get the
>general concensus as to how well put together the NACD course really is.
>Thanks in advance for any advice I can get!!
>> >
>> >    Brad
>>
>>
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