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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFB6B9.83D76680 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Claudia, Interesting question. I cave in the Yucatan frequently, and I've dived = with many women there both students and experienced cavers. I agree with = Perry's observations that most women are more thorough and grounded with = respect to the preparation and execution of fundamentals related to = caving. Many of the men I've observed are frequently too obsessed with = the status and challenge. It appears to me from my experiences diving = there that women observe the actual caves better. They can more = accurately describe where we've been and observed waypoints or exits, = while men seem more focused on the end of the line. Additionally, women = don't seem to silt it up as frequently as aggressive male divers do.=20 If you've been caving in Mexico you know that there are many competent = women cave trainers there and several of the original cave explorers = were women. Women like Kate Lewis and Kay Walton have been prominent = contributors to many of the exploration projects. My .02 worth, JR Gordon ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFB6B9.83D76680 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D5>Claudia,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D5>Interesting question. I = cave in the=20 Yucatan frequently, and I've dived with many women there both students = and=20 experienced cavers. I agree with Perry's observations that most = women are=20 more thorough and grounded with respect to the preparation and = execution of=20 fundamentals related to caving. Many of the men I've observed = are=20 frequently too obsessed with the status and challenge. It appears = to me=20 from my experiences diving there that women observe the actual = caves=20 better. They can more accurately describe where we've been and=20 observed waypoints or exits, while men seem more focused on = the end of=20 the line. Additionally, women don't seem to silt it up as = frequently as=20 aggressive male divers do. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D5>If you've been caving in = Mexico you=20 know that there are many competent women cave trainers there and several = of the=20 original cave explorers were women. Women like Kate Lewis and Kay = Walton=20 have been prominent contributors to many of the exploration=20 projects.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D5>My .02 worth,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D5>JR = Gordon</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFB6B9.83D76680--
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