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From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey)
To: "Dell Motes" <dell@di*.co*>, <cavers@cavers.com>
Subject: Re: staging scooters
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 12:00:54 -0400
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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