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Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 12:07:53 +0000
To: trey@ne*.co*, Jammer Six <jammer@oz*.ne*>
From: Samy Elashmawy <samelash@ix*.ne*.co*>
Subject: Re: Trey, the Great Escape, and Cold Water
Cc: Cavers List <cavers@cavers.com>
Oh boy would you like the Noth East. Top temp is in the 60s and bottem any
where form low 30s to low 40s.
The canadians are realy hard core , its even colder .



At 07:35 PM 4/8/2000 -0400, Trey wrote:
>Let me modify the satement; I nver get cold ( in Leon Sinks ). That
>stuff you guys dive takes your breath away. I jumped in like that to see
>how bad it was, and I could tell my hands would not like it. I had my
>Harvey's gloves, which worrked perfectly, and I just blew more gas into
>the suit than usual and that took care of that. I should have used C-4
>instead of C-2, since that water was 53, but the worst was Michael Kane
>who dove with me in his t shirt and shorts. 
>
>I can say that Catalina was awesome diving. Like Cozumel with whales and
>cold water, kelp , sea lions, etc. Amazing. That was a fun trip with all
>of you psychos as well.
>
>Jammer Six wrote:
>> 
>> on 4/8/00 3:21, Trey at trey@ne*.co* wrote:
>> 
>> > They may not want to get that cold - I do not get cold. Etc, etc.
>> 
>> hey, Hey, HEY!
>> 
>> Back it up, Stud, or I will repeat the (now famous) pronouncement you made
>> on the swim grid of the Great Escape!  :)
>> 
>> Hell, it was a highly amusing episode, and I'm going to repeat it anyway!
>> 
>> We were on the Great Escape, out of San Pedro, which as far as I'm
>> concerned, is the western, pointy part of L.A.
>> Los Angeles, San Pedro, same-same.
>> 
>> Trey and JJ were there, along with a handful of lessor illuminaries, at
>> their own expense, to give a DIR demo. The demo, the night before, went
very
>> well, the crowd of about 60 only included one or two idiots, and generally,
>> the demonstration was well received. Dan had a bunch of Halcyon gear to
>> demo, and MHK had arranged everything. There, I got most of the credits
>> right.
>> 
>> Fast forward to the next morning.
>> 
>> We leave the dock early, and arrive for the first dive of the morning. Trey
>> and Pina are suiting up on the dive deck, and I find a place to Stand Where
>> I Can See.  I tell Trey that that's what I want to do, watch. I notice that
>> there are several others doing the same thing, but apparently they don't
>> have the balls to do it out in the open, and they're trying to hide the
fact
>> that they're watching Trey.
>> 
>> Trey gets into his drysuit, zips up, and then, inexplicably, goes down the
>> ladder to the swim grid.
>> 
>> What manner of magic is this? What mystical procedure have we all been
>> missing? The Great Escape rolls back onto her haunches as 40 people rush
the
>> rear rail, to look down on Trey, and find out.
>> 
>> The crowd watches, and Trey leans over, and rinses his hands in the ocean.
>> What is he doing? What's on his hands? Why should we do this? How do we do
>> this? How much does it cost?
>> 
>> Trey looks up at me, and shakes his head. I have no idea what he's shaking
>> his head about, but I have one of the best seats in the house.
>> 
>> Then, with no warning, Trey goes splash, into the ocean.  Right off the
swim
>> grid, and into the drink. Feet first. Splash.
>> 
>> Everybody looks at each other. Now what? Rinsing his suit? Rinsing WHAT off
>> his suit? Getting the seals set? How does getting them wet help? What the
>> fuck, over?
>> 
>> Trey comes back up the dive ladder, and silence falls. What has he learned?
>> Is it a skill? Can we learn it? Do we have to do this? Is this DIR?
>> 
>> Trey looks at me again, shakes his head in disgust, and says
>> 
>> "SERIOUSLY cold fucking water!"
>> --
>> "C'mon, you sons of bitches, you want to live forever?"
>>      -First Sergeant Dan Daly
>
>

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