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This "cavern zone" bullshit has to go . You are in open water, or you are not. You are trained or you are not. This guy needs to have his ticket pulled. This is a horror story, and it started with the twelve inch dick syndrome that is fostered by the "step aside for the expert cave diver" attitude that pervades the "community". Open water divers do not need to be at cave sites. They see the gear laden tough guy cave divers and want to go in for a peek and proof that they too are worthy. I am glad I lived through early exposure to the strokes in tech and cave diving long enough to learn how to stay alive. Nanci LeVake wrote: > > The OW instructor was cave certified. He'd taken his friend of 13 years, > who he certified for OW 5 years ago, along with two others into the cavern > zone for a "fun dive". He claims that they were supposed to wait for him > there, but instead they followed him into the cave. > > At 05:55 AM 1/4/99 -0500, you wrote: > >I have stopped following the accidents - there are too many. Dive > >instruction has hit an all time low - that is all I have to say. > > > >Adam Weiner wrote: > >> > >> George, > >> > >> Do you have any info regarding the trust me dive that happened up at > >> little river the other day. Such as if this was indeed a dumbass > >> instructor taking some buddies on a trust me cave dive or if it was a > >> class ect. From what I have seen about this stupid death one diver an > >> instructor had doubles and the other three had single 80's. The divers > >> entered the cave and past two cavers on the way in and a few minutes > >> later the came out of the cave with one diver unconscious with the reg > >> not in mouth and was DOA at the surface. The computer on the deceased > >> said that they had been to 95 feet I think. > >> > >> Thanks for whatever info you have in advance, > >> Adam Weiner > > > >
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