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George M. Irvine III wrote:
> 
> If any of you big-time deep air advocates want to see first-hand a
> video of deep air in action, ask for a peek at the vid which Bobby
> McGuirre took in Deipolder where you can clearly see the great and
> famous Paul Heinerth swimming AWAY from his buddy who was found dead
> later. Heinerth appeared at deco without his buddy, having left dead
> buddy in cave deep on air, the mark of the worst form of bottom-feeding
> stroke. Heinerth as recently as the last issue of UWS has an article
> where he is bragging about diving deep on air. Heinerth is another
> example of the kind of horrible influence and reckless irresponsible
> stroke that needs to be run out of our sport. By the way, none other
> than Jim King was on the dive too, making it 2 dead deep on air for dive
> projects involving King ( two that I know of). One of my favorites,
> Dustin Clessi, was also there, but I have to actually credit Dustin for
> kicking this stroke Heinerth out as a Dieploder guide after that fine
> perfomance - leaving dead buddy in cave deep on air on a guided dive - a
> real pro, and still diving deep air, and still proud of it, still
> bragging about it, still promoting it. Notice that deep air, bad track
> records, and stroke gear all seem to go together, and then there is the
> obvious concept of ""Birds" of a feather", like the one who is about to
> be under suspension as an IANTD instructor for teaching trimix while
> himself diving air. Where did we get so many idiots in cave diving, and
> why are all of you continuing to support them, or allow them to operate
> without opposition to what they are doing to our friends and our
> sport???
> 
>   In fact, if you check "Gilliam's List", and for a moment ignore the
> obvious farm animals like Dooley and Rennaker, etc, and look at the
> rest, you see an emerging picture of deep air, deep air, and more deep
> air the real issue( not to mention other abuses). I won't go into the
> other stars, like the criminal embezzler Wayne, or the " I will tripple
> the WKPP's distance" liars ( by the way, I was right - those strokes
> fell flat on their faces), or the obvious fruitcakes, but I will call
> your attention to the fact that Gillaim stuck Tom Mount in there in his
> usual patronizing way, and Mount can take care of himself - ther rest of
> these pathetic strokes can not. I may disagree over minor things with
> Mount, but the fact is Mount has a ZERO body count, and does not peer
> pressure anyone into air diving, and presents no ego threat to anyone in
> a dive situation, and has the track record to prove it. These other
> pieces of trash do not, but then Tom Mount handles his won battles up
> front and in person, these pathetic strokes can not, do not, and will
> not - they need a cowardly fat slob like Gilliam to do it for them, and
> the best part is he cooked all of their gooses, and trapped all of them
> in a huge lie, not to mention putting them all together , which is
> perfect - the list of Strokes who need to find another sport before they
> ruin ours any further.


Now wait a minute, George......this is "doing it wrong". Posting
misinformation to further a cause is bad form. Heck, you still
don't know how to spell my name.

If Lloyd Morrison had used mix that night, he would have
drowned anyway. There were other major factors which directly led
to this cave fatality. Narcosis, to be sure, was a contributor by
moving the process along that much quicker.

Heinerth was dismissed because of poor judgement and failure to 
follow procedure in this instance. F.S.R. directors (guides), at
that time, included Maxwell, Gavin, Exley, Watkins, Clesi, Main,
Berman, Sweet, English and Jamie Stone......all who put safety
for their charges #1. A man drowned. Legal action was anticipated.  
Access priviledges were threatened. Decade-long friendships were
shattered. A perfect safety record was broken. A sad day, indeed,
for all who were there.

Today, the F.S.R. board has most of the BEST trimix instructors in the
cave business among its numbers.

Dustin M. Clesi, Chairman
Florida Speleological Researchers, Inc.
(The DiePolder Guide Program)
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