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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:42:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Barbara Peterson <nocturne_cvs@ya*.co*>
Subject: Re: Bent Jill
To: cavers@cavers.com


>>I love to see slobs like this get wacked trying 
> > to do what fit divers can do in their sleep. She
is
> pathetic.
> > 


An event occurred a few months ago.  I don't remember
the name of the individual, tho I believe he was WKPP
endorsed, who executed poor judgement on a cave dive. 
He had trekked all the way to the site (in Mexico?)
and was exhausted, went diving anyway, and serious
problems resulted.  I don't remember the exact
details.  However the resultant illness caused him to
give up diving for a while.  Anyone else remember
this?  In any event, he was a pro, exercised poor
judgement due to the fact that he was tired, and paid
the price.  But since he was a WKPP-er...

As for Sally Ride, she was not a dillettante who had
forced her way onto the shuttle in a position of
power.  She was a mission specialist, a public
relations stunt, sure, if you like, but since she was
a passenger and not in charge of piloting the shuttle
or using substandard material to design/build the
shuttle, to even equate her to Jill Heinerth is foolish.

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