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Carl Heinzl wrote:
> 
> Fellow Cavers,
> 
> Once again the ugly head of politics has risen to silence those people
> who would provide us with their knowledge and experience gained over
> the past several years.
> 
> I'm sure most of you are not yet aware of this, however, Bill Stone,
> Jim King, Wes Skiles, et al have submitted a proposal to do
> exploration at Wakulla (one of the primary WKPP sites).  To this end,
> they are taking numerous printouts of cavers and techdiver postings to
> high ranking government officials in an attempt to discredit WKPP and
> have their permits revoked.
> 
> In order to avoid future controversy, several members of the WKPP have
> requested to be taken off of the cavers list and I have been informed
> that they have already unsubscribed from techdiver.  I'd bet that the
> rest will follow shortly.  I doubt that we'll be hearing from them any
> time soon.
> 
> This type of action could not and should not go without public
> scrutiny.  I will personally write to any manufacturer that uses
> people like this in their advertisements and inform them that because
> of their actions, I will no longer purchase their equipment.  For
> example, I believe Dive Rite uses Wes Skiles in their Transpac ads,
> and I believe they are online here as well so, notice is served.  I
> suggest that others do the same.
> 
> However, there is a good body of up and coming cavers out there who
> have been trained by the best cave divers out there such as Steve
> Berman and Jarrod Jablonski and others.  We will not let the questions
> on the list go unanswered or the list to go silent.
> 
> -Carl-
> 
> Just think... Hogarthian


Carl,

This is very disturbing news.  For many of us "new cavers" the 
opportunity to learn from those doing the dives is very necessary.  
Actual diving experience is only part of the equation.  The knowledge 
that the WKPP divers pass along will be missed.  It is unfortunate that 
a few selfish individuals feel the need to hurt the innocent.

I for one find this type of political crap needless. I second your call 
to make our voices heard.

Mike

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