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Date: 10 Dec 98 09:21:09 CST
From: Stroke Diver <strokediver@us*.ne*>
To: kirvine@sa*.ne*
Subject: RE: DIVES THIS WEEKEND
CC: cavers@cavers.com
Nice post this time, George.

Ima Stroke


> -----Original Message-----
> From: KVI [mailto:kirvine@sa*.ne*]
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 1998 5:01 AM
> To: Dawn Kernagis
> Cc: Cost effective home improvement
> Subject: Re: DIVES THIS WEEKEND
> 
> 
> This is not to be difficult, but the walls are black, the vis is never
> good, and this will be our first dive under the new 
> argreements with St.
> Joe. 
> 
> Let me rimind all of you that St. Joe has never dealt with 
> anyone before
> this, not even the Government. In today's risk averse enviromment, the
> fact that we can get a huge company like this which is the largest
> private landowner in Florida to give us access to their 
> properties falls
> under the simple category of having the absolute best track record in
> the game ever.
> 
> Let's keep it that way. We are not only going to have to be vigilant
> ourselves, but will have to aggressively disassociate 
> ourselves from the
> fiasco and cluster that is now going on at Wakulla Springs, which I
> expect to blow up at any time, and which represents the exact opposite
> of everything we believe in and stand for, from the presence of
> untrained divers to the blatent disrepect for and abuse of 
> the Park and
> the people who run it, as well as the cavalier attitude taken 
> regarding
> this, and the constant exaggeration, false claims, misdirection,
> inuendo, and obvious grandiose display of wasted money 
> combined wtih the
> Wizzard of Oz Syndrome. 
> 
> Despite what is going on at Wakulla, we will conintue to play by our
> rules, and we will continue to do it right and have respect for the
> resources and those who own them. We will also continue to 
> operate under
> our "certification" of all of you which simply guarantees 
> that whatever
> we have you doing, you are qualified to do it. Nobody else 
> can isssue a
> "card" like that but the WKPP.
> 
> We will put safeties in, and if the weather holds we will explore from
> both ends, as well as the downstream, and stage the 
> swimthrough when we
> can accumulate the proper amount of mendia attention to the fact that
> these caves in two counties are apparently over 2 1/2 miles apart, but
> have a giant conduit connecting them. If the weather does not 
> hold, well
> we won't be needing the safeties anywhere else anyway.
> 
> Thre is a ton of cave to explore here - Gavin and I found and marked
> most of it six years ago when we were seeking the connection. 
> I can send
> teams right to the spots, and there are tunnels anywhere from 
> 1000 feet
> to 9000 feet in that I think will prove to be a complete system that
> weaves in and out.
> 
> Let's T it up. 


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