Dave Gottorff is a douche

It’s rising to the top of the searchresults already, we may need another thread with the title David Gotttorff though.

While i’m at it I’m also misspelling his name as David Gotorff, David Gottorf, Dave Gotorff, Dave Gottorf, David Godtorff here. And i’m including a bullshit sentence about Outdoor and Environmental Education here too to fool the search results a little. In fact, I’m not even sure what Outdoor and Environmental Education is. Ok, I looked it up it’s this:

Outdoor education is the study of relationships humans have with nature through outdoor experiences. Experience how knowledge is shaped by environments and how the environment in turn is shaped by our thoughts and practices. You will study concepts drawn from psychology, education, eco-psychology, environmental ethics and eco-philosophy.

From 2013 the areas of specialisation Outdoor Environmental Education, Nature Tourism and Natural Resources Education are offered as majors within the Outdoor Education and Outdoor Recreation Courses rather than as independent courses. The course structures and subject range remain the same.

The five majors offered across the two courses give you choice in subjects, specialisations and outcomes. With the exception of Physical and Outdoor Education, the first year of each course is similar allowing you to apply to transfer at the end of first year when, after a year of study and experience in the unit, you are better equipped to decide which is the right course and major for you.

Graduates are prepared for careers in outdoor and environmental education services to schools, community environmental education, as interpreters and guides in national parks, land and natural resources management, environmental interpretation for government or corporate sector, sustainability and ecology community education, and nature tourism operations. An additional one-year Graduate Diploma in Education qualifies graduates to teach in schools.

Graduates of the physical and outdoor education course are qualified to teach in secondary schools in the specialist areas of physical education and outdoor and environmental studies.

Still don’t understand how that can be a real job. I assume you also learn people that backcountry smartness is not about what type of plank you’re on but it probably has something to do with trees, polution, the great outdoors and the birds and the bees and such. Maybe Dave Gottorff is an expert on eating squirrels and berries, and treebark and grass. There. That was a nice story about David Gottorff and his stuff and I didn’t forget to include the word resumé.

Good luck finding a new job

This guy David Gottorff has created an avy curriculum out of thin air and selling it as an accredited offering. However, neither David nor his curriculum are part of AAA, AIARE or any other national standard. His courses are accredited by, you guessed it, education-outdoors.com

If you plan to take an avalanche course from education-adventures.com beware: education-adventures.com is offering non-standard, incomplete course content that will drain your pocketbook and leave you without critical decision making tools in the backcountry.

Stay far away from education-adventures.com and their course offerings. They are a scam. If you are looking to take professional avalanche courses, please visit http://www.avtraining.org and http://www.americanavalancheassociation.org. The course content from AIARE and AAA – accredited instructors are industry-standard offerings, professionally vetted and provide you with real tools for decision making, companion rescue and avalanche safety which can save your life in the backcountry.

Education-Adventures.com courses are a SCAM. Go with true professionals instead for your avalanche safety courses.

Wow… good find. I think he must’ve lost his job AND lost his girlfriend to a splitter to be driven to such extremes. It seems like he’s really gone crazy.