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If you can scooter it, you can survey it on a scooter _ I surveyed all of that stuff in the back of Manatee on my scooter while Casey laid it. Give me a break. You guys are the ones who came up with the "plug in" bullshit. Don't tell me how to scooter dive, I'll choke laughing. -----Original Message----- From: Dell Motes <dell@di*.co*> To: cavers@cavers.com <cavers@cavers.com> Cc: trey@ne*.co* <trey@ne*.co*> Date: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 11:50 AM Subject: staging scooters >Hey George, nice to know you still think of me occasionally ;-) >Nah, I have to say that staging scooter batteries is something I wouldn't >try (or have even thought of for that matter). I 'm perfectly comfortable >towing the backup or secondary push scooter just as you do and rely on it >for redundancy. I have never needed (so far) more than two scooters on any >given dive, and the caves I work on aren't large enough to get away with (or >require) the amount of gear you guys carry. My primary scooter is 33amphr >and serves me very well. Because we can't carry or do not need the massive >amount of gear you guys do, I have yet to come close to it's maximum range >on 6,000+ ft. penetration dives. The second scooter gets serious >consideration past this, or when working a syphon. We spend plenty of time >pushing them through bedding planes and restrictions and seldom have them >hammer down for great lengths of time. >When we survey these same caves, Lamar hands off his scooter(s) and he swims >while working the compass/slate. They are typically too confining to need to >hang on to that stuff while surveying. When he is done, he gets it back. >Different needs entirely, just using what is necessary. >Dell Motes >Dive Rite >117 W.Washington St. >Lake City, Florida 32055 >www.dive-rite.com > > >
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