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Trimix -- I've got a couple questions that I'd really appreciate some help with, if you have/can get/will give the answers. You said: > I saw a post on here by one of the WKPP guys complaining about being cave >cerified by a stroke, and then sold a bunch of useless gear. In the interest >of not seing the same mistake made by others, I called another WKPP diver >and asked him what the story was. > > If appears that this guy was indeed taught to do everything the wrong way, >and in the process was sold the following $2,000 worht of gargbage: > > - transformer pack, instead of a proper harness > > - bondage wings, instead of proper wings > > - high pressure steel tanks, instead of 104's (more profit in the tanks, >and the special manifold that won't work on any other tanks), wrong buoyancy >characteristics, less gas than 104'sw , etc. > > - a square light > > This is a real shame, as the fellow here is a college student, and had to >replace all of this gear with the right stuff. He had to be retrained to >dive properly, as he was hopelessly fucked up. > > Who is this stroke who taught this guy? Paul Heinerth - GIVE THIS GUY A >WIDE BERTH > > - Here is what he could have had for $2,000: > > - 104's with manifold etc about $750 > - harness and wings 250 > - AUL light 450 > - complete set of regulators, backup lights, reels, maks , fins, all >accessories > > With the money spent replacing his gear he could have bought a scooter >or a drysuit. Plese check around with the pros before getting trained or >buying gear, and avoid the charlatans, and the dumbasses. Did this college student, who was going to/was getting/just got cave trained, say to his equip. supplier "The next diving I'm going to do, now that I have my new cave cert., is making 200+ ft. scootering trimix dives, staging bottles at Wakulla, so what gear do I need for that?" Check here: Yes No How much diving did he do with the orig. gear he bought? None Lots Did he have any problems with it? None Lots Has your buddy been told that *no* tanks seem to have "perfect" buoyancy characteristics, and that compensation (molding/attaching weight) is a technique used with the best tanks? The reason I'm asking is that some folks *want* a system for converting from double to single tank config., for farting around in o/w (zip down with scooter, touch the wreck, return to boat, criticize others on boat), or making single-tank power-snorkel dives to check out sink holes. Other divers like redundant wings -- for ex. -- when not wearing a drysuit and having the bouyancy from that, in case one craps, you can switch infl. hoses and regain bouyancy. Or, when in the boondocks, if one wing set craps and there ain't no shop nearby, you can still go diving using the other. Notice: I *am not* arguing that his orig. equip. is best for heavy-duty tally power cave diving. BTW, I've seen those square lights working just fine in the many, many shallower ( than wakulla) caves that divers enjoy in mexico and the US while they're getting their chops down -- the caves where divers just go in, following permanent lines, and sight-see/practice, shoot images, etc. -- to many, a perfectly legitimate form of cave diving. We might discover also that your friend *wanted and asked for* the gear he bought at that time. I mean, I don't blame giii's *barber* for that silly haircut -- I just assume that he *wants* to look that way. ;-) ;-) Also, you published Paul's name internationally while expressing your opinion that he is a charlatan and dumbass. Have you spent any time with him in order to form that opinion? And lastly, what is your full name? Sincerely, Christopher A. Brown Sci-Graphica PR and DOCENT FILMS The Technical Diving Video Library (TDVL) (N.Am. & Canada): 1-800-373-7222 Outside US:904-942-7222 Fax:904-942-1240 Life is short -- this is not a rehearsal.
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