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RE>Bent Moskito Indians This has been going on for years (at least 5). The last I heard someone from PADI HQ was organizing a trip to Honduras to set up a training program... Matt Thompson -------------------------------------- Date: 6/20/94 3:53 PM To: Matt Thompson From: Roger Carlson Anybody see the latest Rodales Scuba Diver? There's an article about Moskito Indians in Honduras diving for lobster. Apparently, they used to freedive for them, but the demand for lobster is such that somebody came up with the bright idea of giving them tanks. No training, no gauges, they just make dive after dive to about 100 feet (they've driven the lobsters deeper and deeper) and at the end of the day all of them are bent, some very seriously. There's no real technical information in the article, and it doesn't appear that anyone is even taking advantage of studying them to learn more about tables, (ghoulish, but...) but a few organizations are trying to give them some training. Thought I'd mention this article for anyone who might be interested. ======================================================= Roger Carlson w 310-812-0430 somewhere off Hermosa Beach, CA f 310-812-1363 roger@ch*.sp*.tr*.co* h 310-frogger ======================================================= -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@opal.com'. Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@opal.com'. ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Received: by qm.taligent.com with SMTP;20 Jun 1994 15:53:42 -0800 Received: from relay2.UU.NET by taligent.com with SMTP (5.67/23-Oct-1991-eef) id AA22614; Mon, 20 Jun 94 15:52:24 -0700 for Received: from argali.opal.com by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP (rama) id QQwvdz03426; Mon, 20 Jun 1994 18:51:55 -0400 Received: from localhost (daemon@lo*) by argali.opal.com (8.6.4/jr2.9) id SAA26457; Mon, 20 Jun 1994 18:55:36 -0400 Precedence: bulk Errors-To: owner-techdiver@opal.com Received: from chimp.sp.trw.com (chimp.sp.TRW.COM [129.193.90.166]) by argali.opal.com (8.6.4/jr2.9) with SMTP id SAA26438; Mon, 20 Jun 1994 18:55:30 -0400 Received: by chimp.sp.trw.com (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #14) id m0qFs8W-0008dcC; Mon, 20 Jun 94 15:48 PDT Message-Id: <m0qFs8W-0008dcC@ch*.sp*.tr*.co*> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 15:48 PDT From: roger@ch*.sp*.tr*.co* (Roger Carlson) To: techdiver@opal.com Subject: Bent Moskito Indians
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