oh, yeah, that's Capt. JT, not our JT.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jess Armantrout <armantrout@wo*.at*.ne*>
To: Techdiver <techdiver@aq*.co*>; cavers <cavers@cavers.com>
Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 3:53 PM
Subject: Trout is alive and PISSED!


>Well, I can see I can't leave you guys alone for a minute.  I turn my back
>and you revert to the same old b.s.   I can't even keep track of who is
>saying what, so I will just address the crap I have been able to wade
>through.  Just that makes this a long enough post.
>
>JT seems to be running his mouth saying I wound up face down in Sally Ward
>and that is why I quit diving.  Well, that is obviously bullshit.  First, I
>haven't even dove there in a year and a half.  Second, I'm still diving,
>more than all of the cyber divers on these lists.  Appearantly he or
>somebody in his little clan didn't buy my story of "skin bends" as being a
>good enough reason to back off of the deep stuff so they made up their own
>story to suit there own needs.  I wrote to JT asking him what the deal is
>but since he has refused to answer, and since I never actually saw the
post,
>only had it forwarded to me, I will just take it up here.
>
>Hey, tough guy, we hiked 7 kilometers into the jungle of Mexico in 100
>degree heat, did a 350' deep mixed gas exploration dive and upon surfacing
I
>had severe soreness in the fat around my mid section.  We call that
>slobitis, is a type of skin bends and it was most likely do to dehydration
>and the fact that deco from those depths is a little tough.  Eight hours
>later, at three in the morning while sleeping in hammocks under mosquito
>netting in the jungle after having eaten food made by Mike Madden, I had
>some nausea and dizziness.  The next day, I was better, dove shallow with
my
>wife then hiked back out of the jungle.  End of story.  Don't try to read
>any more into.
>
>Then we have this other idiot Jeff Waugh taking pot shots at the WKPP
>because of pictures he saw in a magazine?!?  First, suck my dick.  Then,
>drag your sorry ass to Wakulla and find out how the WKPP does things, why
>they do things and why everybody always goes home at the end of the day.
>Nobody ever dives bottles on the right in the cave.  Occasionally, a
support
>diver ferrying bottles has 4 or more on each side.  He has no light to
>crush, idiot, as he is in the basin.  Even if he did, Barry Miller lights
>don't crush anyway.  On occassion, at the last minute a gas diver is asked
>to drop a deco bottle off on his way in.  To expedite the process, he
throws
>it on his right chest D ring for the 100 foot or so scooter across the
basin
>to the drop point.  Big deal.  The fact that this is the best shot you can
>take is further validation of how well the WKPP does things.
>
>For those actually out there trying to learn, stage bottles are always on
>the left because, primarily, to do other wise encumbers the deployment of
>the long hose.  Obviously, anybody in the water at Wakulla knows this.
>Additionally, everybody knows that the scooter is driven with the right
>hand, not as easily accomplished with stage bottles on the right.  Finally,
>and you won't know this until you put the whole package together, bottles
on
>the left are the most slip stream efficient way to scooter.  I have done
>five stages, all on the left plus tow 3 scooters, all where they go as
well.
>
>Bigmouth Von bitches about 3 inch tall numbers on "duck" tape when most big
>time tech divers wouldn't know a correct bottle marking scheme if it walked
>up and slapped them on their over sized asses?  Well, see my earlier
>suggestions to Jeff:  Suck my dick then drag your ass down and see how
>things are done at the big pond.
>
>Then there's the clown who can't figure out the difference between 300 foot
>ocean dives and 300 foot cave dives.  Fortunately, Peter covered that one
>and I don't have to.
>
>Finally, there is the rebreather list, but we just don't have time to cover
>that here.
>
>Who else needs pounding?  I can't keep track.
>
>Now, I have my first triathalon coming up and I would like to get back to
my
>training so will you idiots out there that don't have a clue what you're
>talking about please shut the hell up so I don't have to be bothered by
your
>bullshit.
>
>Have a nice day,
>Trout
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