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Wow...so this means there's now a *THIRD* group of people who want to explore Wakulla, apparently headed by some guy at the University of Tennessee? Hell, I'm glad I limit my diving to the Ocean, which is big enough to handle all the people and all the egos that come its way. On Fri, 16 Aug 1996 stone@en*.ut*.ed* wrote: > I just wanted to let everyone know > that we will be starting our new > exploration projects early next year. > > Because we have what we believe is > the best rebreather system in the > world, it will be no problem for > us to beat any North American record > for cave diving distance and or > depth. We are currently building > scooters based on the Aqua-Zepp design, > which we also believe is the best > design to date for long penetration, > deep dives. For greater depths our > scooters will be steel reinforced, > providing an amazing strength to > weight ratio that can only be compared > to Dive Rite's neutra-light. (Which > is of similar design) > > All dives will be conducted on > Heliox for safety. Because of the > thermal disadvantages of Heliox, > electronic heated dry suits will be used, > which will be powered from our scooter > and/or light canister(s) via an underwater > connectors. > > If you'd like to be part of the project, > or would just like a "We went, > but only one way" t-shirt, send us your > donation(s) along with any possible > article opportunities. > > For outdated Wakulla pictures, you can > contact us directly. > > Also, you must be at least intro-to-cave > certified to take part in rebreather > testing. > > -BS > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > Richard Pyle deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or* ******************************************************************* "WHATEVER happens to you when you willingly go underwater is COMPLETELY and ENTIRELY your own responsibility! If you cannot accept this responsibility, stay out of the water!" *******************************************************************
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