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Probably is fucking stupid.
  Does anyone read the posts around here before they fire off a reply?

I DON'T SCOOTER DIVE. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT SCOOTERING.

I don't know WHEN scooters typically fail, I don't know HOW they fail
most often, and I don't know WHY you use the protocol you use since I
don't know WHAT that is.
 =20
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 06:01:00 -0400, you wrote:

>John, that is so fucking stupid I will not even
>answer it. That sounds like a Dell Moates type of
>thinking or  Bill Stone.
>
>Why not just use one Cis Lunar rebrreather with no
>bailout  or put NmH batteries in one scooter and try
>to go the distance?


I didn't ask about Bill Stone, Dell Moates, or the CisLunar
Rebreather.
  Here's what I did ask..

>>>I don't scooter dive yet
>>>    Would someone detail the safety benefits of
>fully redundant
>>>scooters versus the swappable battery concept?
>>>    When staging scooters, are they dropped &
>switched like stage
>>>bottles, or carried for the whole dive like a
>backup?
>>>    If the scooter protocol Trey mentioned was
>posted to Cavers, I
>>>didn't see it & would appreciate a reprint.

Want to try again, or just STFU?
  Me, I just want to learn something about scooters.

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