Jules, they are not getting any extension - they are done. Everyone
knows two things : 1) the "natural causes" is bunk - the ME did not have
the full evidence to work with, and this accident merely exposed what we
warned about Stone all along - that he would run a dangerous free for
all . The State will not let him back in ( other than to collect his
gear, and his strokes have been banned from the cave) after all of these
obvious safety vioations, and when he has a known track record of death
and disaster, facts which came out in this great publicity he brought
upon all of us. 2) He also got caught doing nothing more than trying to
prove something , claiming he was going to do the "longest cave dive
ever", when this happened and he got throttled.

All these guys were doing is ( unsuccessfully) following our lines with
people betting their lives on faulty scooters and Stone's rebreather
trying to prove the machinations of Stone's false pride and twisted
logic, and all they will be remembered for is killing Henry Kendall.

Their poorly diefrined and faint trace map is garbage ( note that they
only even were able to document the stuff for which they had my survey
data which they used to follow the cave radio becons after they
badmouthed me over my methods - the cave mysteriosuly vanishes where
they do not, and the mapper does not see tunnels that were gapped, only
the ones that are T'd in), they did nothing they said they would do,
they disrupted the place for three months with a circus and unnecessary
toys. They falsified everything. They used people we would not let in a
swimming pool. They used people who are known dangerous strokes who brag
about deep air diving . They displayed blatent disregard for the buddy
concept of diving both in the cave and in the basin, and bragged about
it. They spent full time promoting sponsors and products while using
State lands for that purpose.

If you really want to see what these people are about, look on their web
site under "Geology", the discipline for which Am Ende has her PhD - it
is "under construction".

This "project" was a total disaster, an embarrassment, and proof that
you either "Do It Right", or not at all. Hopefully that point has been
well made.


Tomsits wrote:
> 
> Looks like they're back in business. Note that they're still claiming
> death by natural causes. I guess it is only natural for someone to die
> while diving alone, and using a Cis-lunar rebreather.
> 
> Anybody know if their permit has been extended? If not, I expect major
> pressure will be placed on them to extend the line on out by Mar. 1st.
> These guys need to prove themselves, and time is running out. I'd
> expect more trouble to come. - JT
> 
> http://www.wakulla2.org/Updates-Feb/feb20.htm

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