Jess,

We have here yet another variation on the "Poodle Jacket" solution, proposed
folowing the tragic death of Bobby McGuire. This is equivalent to placing
inadequately labeled  medicine bottles in colored plastic bags. Once again
there is a total and unequivocal refusal to accept what has been endorsed by
every sensible person out there; and that is 3" high MODs on both sides of
the gas bottle.

While it probably is true that this dive had no official or unofficial
connection to IANTD the message that this sorry event sends is precisely why
IANTD must rewrite it's convoluted and functionally inadequate bottle
marking standards. When the single largest so called technical diving
certification agency is incapable of codifying the obvious and instead
proposes more Mad Hattery, it really makes one want to just give up on
technical diving and take up golf.

Best regards,

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Jess Armantrout <armantrout@wo*.at*.ne*>
To: Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*>; Ken Sallot
<sallot@mi*.co*>; georget Irvine <kirvine@sa*.ne*>
Cc: William J Turbeville II <bturbo@ga*.ne*>; techdiver@aq*.co*
<techdiver@aq*.co*>; cavers@cavers.com <cavers@cavers.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: Fatality at Die Polder III


>And if I put the wrong reg on the wrong bottle how does this help?
>
>My bottles are identical.  The regs are identical.  The valves are
>identical.  The only way I know what I am breathing is to look at the big
3"
>numbers on the side.  The 2" x 2" piece of duct tape on the neck confirms
>the contents is correct.  No false sense of security is possible.  If you
>can't tell one from the other without looking, complacency is not possible.
>It works, Tom.
>
>Damn, you're stubborn.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>
>>As of May 1 they will also
>>be required to have a protective device around the mouthpiece. It has been
>>recommended for several years already now it will be required.
>>
>
>
>

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