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> From: Drew Mooney <dmooney@cy*.ne*>
> To: cavers@ge*.co*
> Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Subject: Re: Buying Equipment for the Rookie:
> Date: Wednesday, June 25, 1997 8:55 AM
> 
> 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?

The jet fin is no doubt the most dangerous piece of diving equipment ever
invented! Its insidious vents cause many on unwary diver to impale himself
(or herself) unto all manner of things. I suppose I could get a reg caught
in those diabolical holes, I don't know...maybe....buddy breathing? 'here
Rick, take my reg, darned it all I've got the reg jammed in those evil
vents! We'll both drown now!". 

I haven't yet seen a serious diving injury that can be traced back to the
Jet Fin. Perhaps the author of this timely warning should find some better
people to go diving with. It sounds like maybe the problem isn't with the
fin, its with the person attached to them.

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