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Sunday night's good for musing, so here's my "too-sense". I see 2 kinds of training:the "here's what it says to do in the book" version, where the instructor imparts the information as the training agency/corporation/non-profit org. instructions designate. And that's all. Anybody can do that for anybody. And because of the nature of "bidness", many activities are taught this way. Then there is the version where an instructor teaches EACH student -- according to what that student does /doesn't know, can/can't already do, is/isn't willing to try, etc.In such an atmosphere the student expands, grows , becomes more than s/he was. It is not surprising at all that such an awareness of the student is characteristic of instruction at Deans' place in the Keys, especially when you see what those folks have accomplished in their own diving. There is COMPLETE AWARENESS at all times of everything they are doing. When that awareness is imparted to the student, then wonderful, and not tragic, things happen. Bit by bit, slowly fed and digested information, at the student's pace -- or slower -- appears to me a better way to develop a tech diver, or any other dangerous environment participant. Whether it's listed on an invoice as Phase 1, Phase 2, etc., or whether it's personalized, sequential development at a single price, the training should develop the complete diver. If not, then the student has only increased his/her ability to add to the danger. To me then, if modularization helps accomplish a fuller awareness and affords an incremental, paced development -- great! What the hell is the rush? Technical diving (all aspects: gas, movement technique, DPV's, equip.config., whatever) requires the learner (wannabe; newbie; old-timer w/new toys; green-but-good; or should-have already-died -a- hundred-times extreme tech god) to stretch. Carefully. It's up to the individual to find the information source with the characteristics that work best for him/her. That still doesn't solve the problems caused by the popularization of our dangerous activities. There are still going to be those divers who get the training, and get the equipment -- and therefore, think they are good. I had a couple of friends who made that mistake. They're gone. It bothers me that they didn't get the chance, or the experience, or the help from other divers, to keep cave diving and live longer lives. So I think it's good that these issues concern enough of us to examine how these things happen, on this forum, and privately. Perhaps we can figure out how to keep our friends and ourselves on the planet as long as possible -- and grow some new divers who just might show us a few things down the road. Christopher A. Brown The Technical Diving Video Library by Sci-Graphica PR/DOCENT FILMS Tallahassee FL 32311 chbrown@fr*.fs*.ed* P 904-942-7222, F 904-942-1240 It's not the pace of life that concerns me -- it's the sudden stop at the end.
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