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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01BE5886.6102FBC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Greetings, all. I was pointed to this list by a friend, as a way of = avoiding all the inane static found on rec.scuba. I've been lurking for = a little while, and been impressed with the quality of discussion that = occurs here. I am not a caver, yet, having just taken a cavern course, = but am trying to find out as much about everything that I can (knowledge = is power, right?). I do have a question that is pretty basic for this group, so my = apologies beforehand, but searching the web has not yielded any answers. = I found the WKPP web site (pretty well-designed and informative, = really), and was fairly impressed, with the exploration this group is = conducting. I am getting a little confused as to their mission (it seems = that they are using Wakulla to train up for Leon Springs? Or do I have = this wrong?), but my real question is this mysterious 'usdct' (always in = lower case, though I guess it's an abreviation). =20 There seems to be quite the rivalry between the two organizations, but = besides this, I can't figure out much. Was usdct another group of divers = that was exploring the system previously, and caused some bad blood? All = I can really discover by reading between the lines, is that they = preferred rebreathers, and alot of other people call them "strokes" <g>. = Which sure as hell doesn't sound complimentary. And the WKPP, it seems this is an amateur, volunteer organization = (amateur not in the skill level sense, but in the sense of doing = something for love as opposed to money)? Thanks, Rich L ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01BE5886.6102FBC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 5.00.0910.1309"' name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Greetings, all. I was pointed to this list by a = friend, as a=20 way of avoiding all the inane static found on rec.scuba. I've been = lurking for a=20 little while, and been impressed with the quality of discussion that = occurs=20 here. I am not a caver, yet, having just taken a cavern course, but am = trying to=20 find out as much about everything that I can (knowledge is power,=20 right?).</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I do have a question that is pretty basic for this = group, so=20 my apologies beforehand, but searching the web has not yielded any=20 answers.</FONT><FONT size=3D2> I found the WKPP web site (pretty = well-designed and=20 informative, really), and was fairly impressed, with the exploration = this group=20 is conducting. I am getting a little confused as to their mission (it = seems that=20 they are using Wakulla to train up for Leon Springs? Or do I have this = wrong?),=20 but my real question is this mysterious</FONT><FONT size=3D2> 'usdct' = (always in=20 lower case, though I guess it's an abreviation).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>There seems to be quite the rivalry between the two=20 organizations, but besides this, I can't figure out much. Was usdct = another=20 group of divers that was exploring the system previously, and caused = some bad=20 blood? All I can really discover by reading between the lines, is that = they=20 preferred rebreathers, and alot of other people call them = "strokes"=20 <g>. Which sure as hell doesn't sound complimentary.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>And the WKPP, it seems this is an amateur, volunteer = organization (amateur not in the skill level sense, but in the sense of = doing=20 something for love as opposed to money)?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks,<BR><BR>Rich L</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01BE5886.6102FBC0--
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