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Tom, you have seen a lot of them come and go. One would think that they
would have noticed that you are still here. Maybe somebody will
eventually ask, "why?", and at that point we can move on away from this
kind of thing. 

 I also feel pretty badly about this. Our first reaction at WKPP, when
we heard he ws dead, was, "What is it that we don't know that is waiting
for US", since we thought , as you did, that he was not doing anything
dumb, but now we also feel bad since there but for the Grace of God go
all of us. 

 Read "Blue Holes of the Bahamas", and see what he says about his first
experience snorkeling in the tidal pools in England as a child, and then
his first imprssion cave diving. He should have read that before each
dive he made. I guess it made a biger impression on me than it did on
him, and now he is serving as a power of example , again, the hard way.
Let's not forget that one. - G  

Tom Mount wrote:
> 
> George
> Rob was doing 100 meter air dives, reportedly this was the third day of
> doing it. Wow that is a shock because evertime I had talked to Rob he
> was anti air diving below 200 feet, although Dan on Ocean Explores said
> he had recently made some deep air dives in the blue holes ,but not to
> those depths.
> 
> I'm really sad to see Rob, dead and thought it was most likely a rumor
> when I first heard it.
> 
> Maybe a diver of Robs abilities having died will wake up some of the
> folks who still advocate air dives below 60 meters. 200 feet.
> 
> Tom
> George Irvine wrote:
> >
> > Steve Millard wrote:
> > >
> > > Derek,
> > >
> > > We had this confirmed in the UK, but no firm details yet.  Rob was
> > ----
> >
> >    Whatever the case, what we have here is an exptremely experienced guy
> > who knew all types of diving, whose books I have read cover to cover,
> > dead.
> >
> >    At TEK '96, Rob Palmer said to me, "George, there are other ways to
> > do things than the way you preach", to which I responded, "No, Rob,
> > there are not, there are no exceptions".
> >
> >    We need to get a firm grip on technical diving, and it needs to sart
> > with the basics. Let's take this sport back from the instructors, the
> > manufacturers, and the bullshitters, and let's get it on track . If
> > Jaques Cousteau can live into his 80's diving, then so can the rest of
> > us.
> >
> >     I suggest " The Ocean Realm" by Cousteau, to see how and why.
> > Attitude IS everything. - G
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