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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 15:56:59 -0600 (CST)
From: Thorn <tthorn@co*.ua*.ed*>
To: 74513.2274@co*.co*
cc: techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: Lines in Yucatan


On Fri, 1 Dec 1995, Andy Schmidt [NJ] wrote:


>Is there any reason why very well trained people would NOT
>run their very own line from an appropriate point near the entry to the
>beginning of the permanent line? How did they GET to the permanent line
>without running their own - if it is SO far back into the cave.

>In the two Akumal cases I'm personally familiar with, no length of line
>would have made a difference and certainly no NSS/CDS or NACD policy
>played any role. 

>If divers are planning to use alternDate exits than the original entry 
>point, then it would appear wise to first scout those alternate exits out 
>and set up lines from the permanent line to the surface as needed.


Good points, Andy.  Of course, if you _plan_ an alternate exit, you would 
do just as you suggested.  In any case, it behooves the individual diver 
to ask questions about the dive - where do other lines go? what other 
exits are there? emergency plans?  Line protocol? etc etc....


If ya don't ask, you won't know.  I spoke recently with someone who 
commented that they didn't find all those 1000's and 1000's of feet of 
line in such and such a cave; They hadn't asked, either.


"Trust Me Dives" are just that - "trust me to get you in, and trust 
me to get you out." Most of the visitors to the systems in the Yucatan 
use a guide on their first trip, and that's really a "Trust Me" situation.

If somehow you lose ME, it's not longer a "Trust 
Me", it's "Trust Yourself" and ya better be prepared to do just that.



harve

Harve Thorn
TThorn@co*.ua*.ed*

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