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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 23:12:10 -0600
To: cavers@cavers.com
From: Scott and Heather Hunsucker <swhac@pc*.gu*.ne*>
Subject: Please do us a favor and stay out of the water
Hello,
   I have been informed that the "traffic light" rock at JB has been
broken.  This rock sits before the trash pile, has the remnants of a
traffic light on it, and serves has an intersection point for multiple
lines.  I have a picture of the damage.  I have also learned that they clay
bank in Cow has been damaged.  I am disgusted by these actions.  
   There is no justifiable reason for any of this damage to have occurred.
There is no reason that someone should have impacted that rock hard enough
to break it, and certainly no reason to plow into the clay bank in Cow.
This damage will never be repaired, it is ruined for those that never were
able to appreciate its beauty.  I am sure that the divers that were to see
these natural sites in the future thank you for you kindness to mother
nature and to your forethought to your fellow man.
   I personally hope that you will hang your head in shame and quit cave
diving.  Your lack of ability is a disgrace to this sport and to those that
take their time to earn the "right" to be there.
   There are too many "one week wonders" in cave diving, and far too many
people that are going too far too fast.  The cave pays for this in most
cases, in others, friends have paid with their lives.  This is a serious
activity and needs to be treated as such.  It takes time to become
proficient.  Just because you earned Full Cave in one week and Trimix the
next (scootering the week after seems appropriate) does not mean that you
are, by any means, ready to dive.
   You need to learn to respect the caves, or you need to stay out.
With utmost disgust in you as a person,
Scott Hunsucker   

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