Pete, this guy is trying to prove something at all of our expenses.
Hopefully the State will boot him out before he ends cave diving for all
of us.

By the way , it did not take us three months to go 18 grand, it took
three dives. The difference bwtewen going 9 grand and 18 grand is like
the differnce between bench pressing 315 and 630. 

Pete Wallace wrote:
> 
> If the National Geographic “voice” report is correct and as of  2/10, then a
> cursory reading of the subsequent Wackme Too updates shows no indication of a
> record cave dive attempt.
> I guess there are but a few possible reasons for this:
> 1)  They changed their minds and decided not to go for it. (after hyping up
the NG
> guys)
> 2)  They attempted to go for it and failed for any number of reasons and
decided
> not to post the attempt.
> 
>  Looking at the updates of the 11th shows an O tunnel attempt and the 12th
shows a
> lot of bitching and moaning about the visibility. Sounds like they got the NG
crew
> all dressed up and took them nowhere. The dives on the 12th and 13th were
> apparently in B tunnel.
> 
> Makes you wonder what happened to the great world record attempt.
> 
> kirvine@sa*.ne* wrote:
> 
> > Looks like the State shut this jerk down right in time - he was getting
> > ready to run up the body count. So much for all the lies he told
> > everyone - some "mapping". This idiot can not even calculate the scooter
> > time need for a dive - he was getting ready to send these kids to their
> > death, sponsoed by National Geographic, General Motors, and others.
> >
> >  This guy lied to the State, conned them, and hoodwinked them while
> > trying to prove something that means nothing for his own personal
> > aggrandizement and personal financial gain.
> >
> >  We need to get this guy out of cave diving permanently, and we need to
> > hold all of the co-conspirators in this lie accountable.
> >
> >   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject: Re: USDCT LIARS
> > Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:55:31 -0500 (EST)
> > From: anthony rue <true@en*.uf*.ed*>
> > To: kirvine@sa*.ne*
> >
> > George,
> >
> > You might be interested in checking out the real audio feed at national
> > geographic's 'voices' web site:
> >
> >
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/voices/assignment/story03/story03_intro.html
> >
> > The audio feed (voices from the field) is from a camera crew member. In
> > it, he claims on Feb. 10th that Stone was going to begin the "longest
> > cave dive ever" on the 11th. More disinformation that is being made
> > legit through its association with NG.
> >
> > what a sorry state of affairs.
> >
> > anthony

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