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On 14 Jun 1996, Steve Gerrard wrote:

> Date: 14 Jun 96 21:03:22 EDT
> From: Steve Gerrard <104164.1441@Co*.CO*>
> To: ? <sgman@so*.ne*>
> Cc: Lloyd Bailey <afn44679@af*.or*>, ED BANK <trog@pr*.co*>,
>     STEVE BERMAN <berman@gn*.fd*.ne*>,
>     CHRIS & KATHY BROWN <techvid@ne*.co*>,
>     PENNY & BRUCE <WhiteShark@ao*.co*>,
>     CHRISTOPHER CADDY <C.M.CADDY@ao*.co*>,
>     ELENA CASSON <ecasson.hrp@ma*.he*.uf*.ed*>,
>     RICH CHAPSKI <rcdtech@wo*.st*.co*>,
>     "JOHN W. CHLUSKI" <undersea@ga*.ne*>,
>     JIM COKE <102441.2503@Co*.CO*>,
>     "DANIEL L. CRAWFORD" <natasha@ac*.mo*.ne*>,
>     "\"JP DELANEY" <JP_Delaney@qm*.nb*.TR*.CO*>,
>     TECH DIVER <techdiver@terra.net>,
>     RODALE'S SCUBA DIVING <RSDmgzn@ao*.co*>,
>     John & Rose Dunk <screwloose@ne*.co*>,
>     BILL ELLIOTT <nwd@Al*.No*.or*>,
>     THORN FILLIPELLI <thorn@so*.ne*>,
>     SAMUEL FRUSHOUR <frushour@in*.ed*>,
>     ROB FULLER <rob@so*.bc*.ca*>,
>     "MARIANNE M. GAMBLE" <104262.3264@Co*.CO*>,
>     DALE HARDY <dale@mk*.co*>, ROB HARRIS <ItsDiveTme@ao*.co*>,
>     Lamar Hires <72110.3055@Co*.CO*>,
>     LAMAR HIRES <DIVERITE!%aol.com@uu*.uu*.ne*>,
>     STEVE IRVING <sirving@ne*.co*>,
>     ARNOLD JACKSON <ameruwlite@ao*.co*>,
>     JUDY JACKSON <hughes@ut*.co*>,
>     "JAY K. JEFFRIES" <bottmgun@em*.ne*>,
>     Stephen Keene <75541.2330@Co*.CO*>,
>     "KEVIN W. KUHN" <KUHNK@ph*.co*>,
>     CHRISTY WILSON/DOUG LETE <wilso062@mc*.du*.ed*>,
>     KEVIN MACK <NARCO2@ao*.co*>,
>     Joel Markwell <73700.2054@Co*.CO*>,
>     BARB MARSHALL <marshall@va*.co*>,
>     "T.J. McCann" <tjm@ea*.ne*>,
>     JOE MCGRATH <jmcgrath@NA*.AR*.MI*>,
>     Michael Menduno <73204.542@Co*.CO*>,
>     TOM MOUNT <iantdhq@ix*.ne*.co*>, CHRIS MUIR <cmuir@ly*.ne*>,
>     SCUBA NEWS <scubanews@ao*.co*>, ERIC NOFTALL <noftall.eb@pg*.co*>,
>     KURT OLSON <k.olson@ms*.co*>,
>     Robbie Osman <74454.1532@Co*.CO*>,
>     SPYRO PAPADEMETRIOU <spyro@Gl*.um*.ed*>,
>     BILL PILICIER <Sam032093@ao*.co*>,
>     "\"RUSSELL POOLE III\"" <rjp3@fn*.ne*>,
>     "MICHAEL W. POUCHER" <76512.1177@Co*.CO*>,
>     DOONIE REID <donreid@di*.ca*>
> Subject: REPORT #7 - EJIDO JACINTO PAT EXPLORATION EXPEDITION
> 
> Friday Evening, June 14th.
> 
> Diving day #7.    Weather is hot, sunny and humid.  Everything is starting
> to get moldy from the humidity.
> Everyone is still in "the zone".
> Way ahead of our planned pace.
> This cave system just keeps giving and giving.   Incredible!
> Today Buddy Quattlbaum gave up on working on basecamp and decided to
> go diving.    He went to Macco's Marvels area and produced 52 feet on
> top of the previous 26,500 feet.    He's still a professional.
> We sent "energizer" over to Cenote Kentucky Castle to see what he can
> produce.    Amazingly he went 5300 feet on a single push!    It took him
> three stage bottles and two scooters to get there at an average depth of
> 15 feet.   He really is indeed our "secret weapon" and his abilities from
> years of teaching are shining through.
> Bill Renaker was still working on Hilario's Well and Mary Kohn.   He says
> that Mary Kohn is the best he has ever had and that he thinks this is
> the way to go.
> Rich Chapski missed diving this day because he was still hung over from the
> celebration party we had for him last night.
> Jim Bowden's ex-student is still gone.
> Bob Griffith went solo with his #1 lead since his buddy was not in diving
> condition.   He produced another 26,500 feet.    We think there may be
> something wrong with the survey data he provided us, but he swears it's all
> correct.
> I went ahead and with Donn Ellerbrock run a reel on the surface from Cenote
> Taj Aktun to Cenote Grand Marnier.   We will try to work on the underground
> connection later.
> Connie and Travis LoRe of  Florida add 400 feet from a new sinkhole.   We had
> them double stage DPV's in order to reach this distance.
> Steve Keene worked over The Well and added some more line.  Sue Sharples
helped
> him with his dive by doing support.
> Buddy and Bill Philips went back to their new cenote (M2) and added an
additional
> 500 feet of line!     They hit a maximum depth of 50 feet so wound up with
> 45 minutes of deco (yes we do have decompression here in Mexico).
> Paul Heinerth went back to the "Conch Republic" with Brian Kukak.    This time
> they decided it was better to go north instead of south.   Unfortunatly they
didn't
> find anything that produced.   
> Jill Rabjohn and Gary Lemme are taking pictures and threatening to hold them
as
> blackmail.
> We still haven't heard a word about Sandro Mateo and Chris Pyle.    We sent
> them into the cave yesterday with Megareels and haven't seen them since.  
I'm 
> quite sure they are being very productive for us.
> The PBS Crew arrived today.   We went ahead and sent them into the water
> and told them how to recalculate thirds so they can get more distance.
> And Michael Menduno arrives at
> 5:45 P.M. for a few days to witness the spirit, the team and all the
preparation
> going into this project.   Michael will return in July and will spend most of
> the summer helping  write the book on the expedition.  (Footnote:  For those
who
> had a paid subcription
> to AquaCorps Journal. Michael has made the arrangements with Ocean Realm to
take
> over the subscription.  Very nice thing to do!)
> Saturday, Steve Berman of High Springs,  Steve Irving of Tallahassee (Go
> Noles!),
> Pat Watson and Keith Kinard of Montgomery, Alabama along with David Minor of
> Tampa arrive,.  All accomplished side mount explorers.    We plan to put three
> of them in the LSD area of Dos Ojos and take no prisoners.  The other two will
> help to establish a hopeful connection with Sistema Ek Be.  Ed Grossenbacher
is
> now in the EK BE cave system becoming oriented with it and start pushing it
west
> towards Dos Ojos.
> Definitely things are in the groove!
> Things are going better here rather then with other projects because we are
all
> allowed our own personal preferences for gear configuration.   Besides we
don't
> have to deal with these other cocksuckers who have to cheat on air rules or
use
> special scooters and think they are the "elite divers".    Those guys are
> dangerous and have a bad attitude.    Anyone could do the dives they do if
they
> had all the time in the world to work out and build special equipment.   
Besides
> there's no way that a certain scum bag from Boca Raton could have gotten so
far
> in the caves without cheating on gas rules and it would be much safer to start
> at another sink hole a mile in.
> 
> Tonight Gary Waltens and Dan Lins promised to show us a special event.  They
said
> it would be something akin to "taking a walk on the wild side".   Living out
here
> in the Jungle does strange things.
> 
> Saturday afternoon at 4:00 P.M.. we have the Team Photo shoot at the La
Terrazza
> Rooftop bar of Villas DeRosa.    Saturday night we have our Team Dinner at the
> Buena Vista Restaurant in Akumal.  Kay Pozda Walten has been a tremendous help
> setting this up.  Thank you Kay.
> Resume the exploring on Sunday.
> 
> Have received an incredible amount of positive feedback and comments.   We
> really Appreciate the support and enthusiasm from everyone.  Thank you.
> 
> Well, this concludes Report #7.   Any feedback is welcomed.     The biggest
> satisfaction from this expedition is the "bond" and totally hard, dedicated
> effort by all.
> 
> And,  thank you to our Sponsors and individuals who made contributions. We
> here in the Systema El Jacinto Juevos Grande Pat appreciate the support!
>                                                                              

> Maintain. Se safe.                               Steve Gerrard       
> 
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