TEACHERS IN BASE

[guest]

I would like the opinion of the experienced BASE'rs on people that offer to teach BASE.
I have all the skydive prerequisites to start BASE and have been reading and learning for the past 18mths – and yes I know this still does not give me the knowledge to do my first jump but due to lack of funds I am unable to do the CR or BR courses. Through speaking to people I have managed to get an opportunity to meet with someone who is willing to teach. Before I meet with this person I would like the opinions of others on what you would constitute as experienced enough to teach as I am slightly concerned that this person may not be knowledgable enough or experienced enough to teach a BASE virgin (I do not know at this point the jump numbers / objects etc this person has done). I have looked through the archives and there are various postings on teaching but nothing really to help me. I am worried about being impressed and blinded with this persons knowledge but in the big scheme of things the knowledge may be limited – and how would I be able to tell this seeing that I only have reading time and some eMail conversations. The only scenario I can put it in is a first jump skydive student talking to someone with 150 skydives and thinking they are really experienced – but in the big scheme of things they are not – its all relative!
I don’t want to start asking the BASE’rs I have limited contact with about this person as I do not want to start spreading names around as I believe this to be slightly disrespectful. Basically I want to know when I should be hearing alarm bells about this person who feels has enough experience knowledge to teach – I would rather wait even longer and perhaps save or steal for a course than go out and be lead and have faith in someone I find out (perhaps too late) did not have the experience to teach me in the first place.
Yeah flame me if you want – another BASE wannabe clogging up the BASE board with obvious boring questions – but sorry – I wanna be safe. Surely better this than frapping on an object coz I believed “they know best!”