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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 20:57:17 -0500
From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey)
To: Pete Wallace <hwallac1@ta*.rr*.co*>
CC: Grady Richardson <grichardson@wo*.at*.ne*>, cavers@cavers.com
Subject: Re: ADM-the lie gets bigger
Pete, you need the DPG for this one, as an addendum to "Fiasco",
autographed by Stone. There are a few people on this list who will get
that joke, believe it or not, and they are all "New York" cave divers.

Pete Wallace wrote:
> 
> Trey, do you think there's an after market in these things?
> If so, I imagine there might be a significant bid - ask spread (kinda like
> bondage wings?).
> Do you think they have to disclose the former owner?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trey [mailto:trey@ne*.co*]
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 8:34 PM
> To: Pete Wallace
> Cc: Grady Richardson; cavers@cavers.com
> Subject: Re: ADM-the lie gets bigger
> 
> Pete, maybe they went 20,000 feet in K Mart. I still love the story of
> how the Austrailian guy was staying at the Hienerth's "home" ( as in
> mobile home, or trailer), and he got up in the middle of the night to
> take a piss, and fell through the floor up to his waist.
> 
> This as about the same time that Tom Mouth was all over the rebreather
> list talking about them buying  2 Cis Lunar rb's for about $40,000,
> calling it a signifcant "product endorsement". One would think they
> could have gone ahead an gotten themselves a new trailer as well, maybe
> even a double-wide .
> 
> They really need to make toilet paper with these people's pictures on
> the sheets.
> 
> Pete Wallace wrote:
> >
> > Hmmmm most interesting....
> > A claim of 20,000 feet and a dead body.
> > seems like only the later has been verified.
> > I would have thought credibility for these people had long since vanished.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Grady Richardson [mailto:grichardson@wo*.at*.ne*]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 6:08 PM
> > To: cavers@cavers.com
> > Subject: ADM-the lie gets bigger
> >
> > Advanced Diver Magazine ran a article on the Cis-lunar CCR in it's current
> > edition. The article was written by Richard Nordstrom, President of
> > Cis-lunar. A direct quote from the mag follows:
> >
> >    "If you want to make a 20,000 foot trip in an overhead enviroment with
> > plenty of spare resources the MK-5P is your piece of equipment. Jill and
> > Paul Heinerth (family team) from the Wakulla2 Expedition earlier this year
> > made such a trip to allow 3D mapping of the Wakulla Springs aquafier."
> >
> > Their "claim" was 10,000ft, now Richard has doubled that. He sure made it
> > sound like 20K one way. The lie just gets bigger.
> > Grady

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