| I have been extremely fortunate, through these very forums, to have received an incredible amount of mentoring and instruction this year.
I started by attending Mark Powell's workshop at Stoney, which was the first time I'd met people that I only knew from YD. That led on to a commitment to take GUE Fundamentals (which has been delayed, due to personal reasons, from September until November) and a day with John Kendall who was a great help with kit configuration. On the way I undertook an Advanced Buoyancy Control course, again with Mark; but as a spin off from both I have been extremely fortunate to have a superb mentor in Garf, with whom I've now spent three sessions, in addition to the Experience YD weekend at Vobster. I've then had the chance to practice the things I have learnt with other YDers such as Fiona and Jimbob.
There are a lot of extremely good divers on these forums, some, such as Mark and John, are paid for it, whilst others such as Garf generously donate time to help others.
The one thing that they, and many others, have in common, is a willingness to help develop others through a combination of both mentoring and instruction which provides a superb platform to help people develop over time through learning, development and the chance to practice.
Thanks. |