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At 10:52 AM 10/29/96, Richard Pyle wrote:

>But even that didn't sell me - not even when I considerd the
>aforementioned documentary with the speaker.  What sold me is a newspaper
>article about a well-known ab. diver who was munched by a White off
>California while riding a scooter.  There was a sidebar about how the
>local ab. divers are nervous about using the scooters because of some
>"close calls."

I don't know about everyone, but I've never used a scooter for ab diving and
I've never heard of or met anyone who does.  I'm not even sure it's legal
here in California, but even if it were I think you'd have to be a little
crazy to try it.

We're a superstitious lot.  We already worry about looking too much
like seals without having to worry that we're moving like one.  Speed coupled
with a surface silouette dosn't sound like a good mix to me.  Anything
that makes noise is a bad idea.

Aside from the shark threat, I can't imagine lugging a scooter down some
of the cliffs we use for entries or negotiating a scooter in and out of
the water in high surf at the base of a shear wall.  It just doesn't make
any sense.  Ab divers are a pretty 'hogarthian' group even though few of
us could spell it.

Scott.

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