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Bill Bott wrote:
> My understanding is
> that George was talked into looking at a few rebreathers over the
> years. Each of them was JUNK so George refused to dive with them.
> When the Halcyon came on to the market G. looked at that one as well.
> It is an impressive and safe unit when used properly by PROPERLY
> trained divers. Arguably (or not so arguably) it is the best unit on
> the market. Do you junk gear, which is ill-suited for the dives you
> do??
>
Bill, this is true. They all used to ask me to dive their stuff. I
in fact would try anything, since I have team members to dive with whom
I know can pull me out and revive me ( the first time I dove rebreather
Bill Mee dove with me, and after that I actually had none other than
Mount and Bill Mee with me , and in cave of course I had JJ). Almost all
of the time Jack Kellon was either standing there or running the boat.
Here was the big problem: of all the people who had rebreathers to
talk about, only ONE had a rebreather to dive , and that was Kellon and
Carmichael ( Halcyon ).
As you all have seen, even with the Cis Lunor, the actual
rebreathers finally showed up four years after we had already cranked it
up, and they showed up in a metamorphic state. PRISM, Carlton, Bio
Marine, Drager, Uwatec, UT 240, Cochran and all of the others eiher
never showed or have yet to show , leaving only Kevin Jurgenson's
refurbed MK15's and the Halcyon to chose from. We went mechanical.
Obviously I have left one out, and that is the "Desperation", but if
I wanted one of those I would go to Home Depot and get a free one by
buying a shovel, or is it the other way around?
We deal in sure things that we can supply our whole team with easily.
This is a simple concept that is lost on most of the dreamers out there.
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