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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:55:45 -0500
From: Drew Mooney <dmooney@cy*.ne*>
Organization: FSI,Inc Wireless Consultants
To: cavers@ge*.co*
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Buying Equipment for the Rookie:
Larry "Harris" Taylor wrote:
> 
> >Nanci,
> >
> >FYI ... in our neck of the woods, Jet Fins are considered "death seeking
> >behavior" ...they have the largest holes on the market ...these holes are
> >dangerous targets that allow pieces of metal, etc to run thru the holes and
> >impale diver ...pinning  diver to the bottom ...these are the  fins that I
> >wore once and discarded(g)
> >
> >I have seen divers pinned in the river ... lose fins as a result ...I have
> >seen divers descend on top of another and get jet fins entangles in divers
> >regulator ... they've been around a long time, but no one has ever
> >demonstrated the large holes (vents) do any good and in the lakes around
> >wrecks, etc. they border on just plain dangerous.
> >
> >It is the consensus of the every one I know in diving kinesiology that the
> >power plana avanti are the best performing fins on the market ...if you've
> >got the legs to drive them(g)
> >
> >Like I said on the forum , need determines equipment used(g)
> >
> >"Harris"
> >Larry "Harris" Taylor, Ph.D.
> >
> >lpt@um*.ed*
> >

Hmmmmmm. Gentlemen, Ladies, rebuttals?
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