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Your right George, strokes do love to stand up and be counted. >Return-Path: <aroberts@aw*.aw*.aw*.co*.au*> >From: Andrew Robertson <aroberts@aw*.aw*.aw*.co*.au*> >To: Scott Leimroth <anscott@hi*.ne*.au*> >Subject: RE: Technical diving in Melbourne Australia >Date: Sat, 19 Apr 97 05:09:00 PDT >Encoding: 105 TEXT > > >you cocksucker fuck off home and but fuck your poo pushing buddy > ---------- >From: Scott Leimroth[SMTP:anscott@hi*.ne*.au*] >Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 1997 8:54 PM >To: techdiver >Cc: cavers >Subject: Technical diving in Melbourne Australia > >I just had a weekend of 'technical' diving in Melbourne, Australia. > >The first dive was on a wreck in 36msw and the majority of people on the >boat had twin tanks and nitrox. I was told this was one of their >'technical' dives. Many also had sling tanks of nitrox and air. They also >had square lights and all manner of convoluted 'technical' attachments >such >as little neoprene bags on their waist straps, metal clamps and more >neoprene bags on their slings to retain their regs, color coded nitrox >regs, >'technical' twin bladder wings, two computers, nitrox computers, etc etc >etc. The best setup was a guy who makes 'tech' equipment who had twin >manifold 7ltr tanks of nitrox plus a sling 7ltr of the same , square >light, >plus assorted attachments, twin bladder wings etc etc. The only thing >they >were missing were the helmets with or without lights ( I bet they are >saving >for these) and I saw no buttmounting though I overheard them discussing >with awe a diver who buttmounts. >To top this off we were told NO decompression and only 12 mins max bottom >time, after all this was a DEEP dive. I wore only a single tank and they >made me wear a BCD and octopus and dive with a buddy. I did 25mins and >had >to say I did a long safety stop as an excuse for my long in water time. > >My buddy told me he was not permitted to dive below 40msw by the shop >owner >because he was not nitrox certified although he had 25yrs of regular >diving >experience up to that depth. There was a dive to 43msw the next day which >he >was not allowed to go on. > >The next dive a few hours later was on a wall that dropped to 60+ msw. My >buddy from the last dive was worried and said he would only go to 24msw >and >do 15mins. He agreed to do 25mins and he watched as I disappeared down >the >wall for part of the dive. They do have very strong currents though and >can >only dive here between tides. At the end of the dive the current picked >up >so much during our 'safety stop' that in 3 mins it went from one where we >could hold onto the line to where we were actually ripped from the line >by >its force. > >When I booked on at a diferent shop for the next days dive the guy in the >shop wanted to see some deep certification before I would be allowed. >When I >showed him my TDI trimix card he said he didn't know what it was but that >is >must be something pretty good. He couldnt write it in the book because no >one would understand what it was so asked if I had any other >certification, >I gave him my padi adv/ow card and he was happy. > >The next day I dived a 39msw wreck which was actually only in 36msw and >was >told to only do 8 mins max. They had a 63 of air hanging at 18msw. I did >25 >and my buddy left me after 12 mins by prior arrangement. Part way through >my >deco the boat came in and picked him up. After the dive on the trip back >to >shore I was given a lecture by the divemaster who said what I had done >was >extremely foolish and I should never loose sight of my buddy, I told him >I >could see my buddy at all times. He then said I should have stayed with >him >and surfaced when he did. I replied I couldn't as I had decompression to >do. >He then went ballistic telling me I could have been killed and that only >divers with the correct certification could do decompression safely. I >told >him I dived between 45 and 80msw every weekend and was properly >certified. >He didnt believe me at all, no one dived that deep, it wasn't possible. > >If anyone is thinking of investing in a dive store this is the place to >be. >The divers will buy all manner of gear and do any course you care to >name. >Rennaker and others will be given a warm welcome here I'm sure. It just >goes >to show, ignorance IS bliss. > >Scott > > > > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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