I did not mean to be "snarky" - it was just interesting that it was just announced and yet at Capers two weeks back (before it was announced, or at least, before I heard about it) quite a few talking about TAG and making carpool/travel plans and stuff like that, so there is definitely decent interest in attending TAG in Indiana. Perhaps that background helps with my surprise and confusion and yes, frustration, at the date chosen.
Yeah and I'd totally be at the Hville one, Marduke (I know you told me about that one like a month or two ago), that one is "my fault" for not getting to - our group's capoeira batizado is this weekend as well which takes precedence (it's annual and when we get our promotions and stuff so of /course/ I'm attending
and we have visitors from ISRAEL here!
) anyway....yeah that one I take "fault" for not making it too as Tag isn't super-hard to get to (no harder than IN anyway).
May 2012, awesome, I have nothing planned for May yet! I'll jot a note on my calendar to hold the later parts of May, thanks!
And yeah, I know half the issue is simply I live uberfar from caves, so there isn't a caver base here, and hence, no interest in caving alone much less something like learning cave rescue. It takes a lot of planning (getting off work, figuring out travel, working with my budget/finances to afford it...) to get into a more caving region. I do the best I can, sorry if I come across as angry, I'm not, it just gets hard and frustrating to try planning and try to do things and learn things when it seems like everything tries to stop me! I hope you can understand =) At the very least, more advance notification (whether by more stuff posted here, or on the NCRC site, something) would be most helpful. Like the May opportunity mentioned. That gives me PLENTY of time to try and plan for!