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Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 19:35:51 -0400
From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey)
To: Jammer Six <jammer@oz*.ne*>
CC: Cavers List <cavers@cavers.com>
Subject: Re: Trey, the Great Escape, and Cold Water
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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