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I drink the water out of the caves, out of the tap, and eat whatever I want down there. The key is to do as the locals do . I have been 19 times and never got sick. - G On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Anthony DeBoer <adb@he*.re*.or*> wrote: ><CHKBOONE@ao*.co*> or more likely a forger wrote: >>I'm heading for Mexico to dive the caves with Steve Garrard and am concerned >>about the water. Though bottled water is available it seems that diving in >>the ground water supply is sure to result in the injestion of just enough >>local water to make a gringo sick. Any suggestions on avoiding problems >>with this? Is it a problem? >> >>I have one of those snorkles with the ball in a cage but you know you sill >>get a drop of water now and then even with these. High tech can't protect >>you from everyting I guess. > >Just a suggestion, but wouldn't cave diving _without_ the snorkel result in >the ingestion of less of the local water? As an added bonus, Rule #1 would >then also allow the dive to take place in the first place. :-) > >-- >Anthony DeBoer http://www.onramp.ca/~adb/ >adb@he*.re*.or* (here) >adb@ge*.co* (work) #include "std.disclaimer" >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > George M. Irvine III DIR WKPP Woodville Karst Plain Project 1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-493-6655 FAX 6698 Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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