BigE wrote:How is it any different from working through the drills in book 1 or the instructor manual?
Good question! My wife and I have been learning pmts for the past 2-3 years. We have all the books, and we are fortunate to have access to an accredited instructor, Icanski (John Nelles), however it is usually difficult to get together with John more than once a season. He does a terrific job with the limited time we have, but it is limited nonetheless.
I have long advocated to my wife that we should go to a pmts camp, and she has resisted...until now. The idea of spending five days with the best pmts instructors in the world, with daily video MA, is to me, *obviously* better than working through the books, and once a year with an instructor. We are never really sure if we are following the books exactly right, or practicing correctly what John has showed us. The "next best" thing is to post video on the forum for MA, but even that, IMO, falls far short of what is brought to bear during a pmts camp.
Is it worth the cost to you? You will have to decide. My wife and I are committed to getting into a Green/Blue camp at Sol Vista next year. We are not getting any younger, and we want to become expert skiers before we are too old to do it at all!