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Scott - you will notice that every one of our sites looks today as it
did ten years ago, other than in  Wakulla where the usdct strokes
slammed B Tunnel into gravel and hosed the entrance to Sally Ward.

This is purely the fault of the trailer trash that teaches cave diving,
not the poor guys who get the crap instruction. 

The difference ( as you obvoiusly know) is we teach our people
correctly. End of story.

Scott and Heather Hunsucker wrote:
> 
> 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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