Not yota, but still a cool story.
A few years ago, Bill Mulvey came to a 4WD class
Tony Cerruto and me where teaching. Bill drove the VW Synchro with a granny gear. He was fine until the obstacle course, we saw him starting to get nervous to the point he just wanted out of the class. We calmed him down, talking to him, reassuring him, and reminding him that "today is all about you, you are all we are focused on and we will work within your limits to make you better". He started to relax, but still nervous. That's when
Tony Cerruto, the grand master of working with people, got on the passenger side and took Bill away from the class to some milder terrain, and slowly continue to build Bill's confidence and skill. By the end of the day, Bill was asking, literally, "when is the next class!". He was loving it that much.
As I remember, Bill was retired librarian from a Raleigh high school district who saved enough to buy this van so can travel and explore the US. Yesterday Bill send an email to Mike
Michael Morrison,
Tony Cerrutothanking us for giving him the knowledge, and I know Tony gave him the courage, to actually drive his dream. I, am humbled.