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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 15:56:15 -0400
From: "George M. Irvine III" <gmirvine@sa*.ne*>
Organization: Woodville Karst Plain Project
To: Jody Everett <jodyev@in*.co*>
CC: cavers@ge*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Straight from the horses mouth.
Notice the similarity to the fakes, as with the exclamation marks and
the incomplete sentences. When this moron wrote the article in Deeptek
about me the issue before ( where he thought my internet behavior was so
funny since I said something about one of his enemies), he repeatedly
sent me proofs that were like this, and I repeatedly changed them and
sent them back - that is why I reocgnized his style. He printed his
version anyway. Mitch did the interview, but is too stupid to write , so
had Gilliam write it, but neither one of them could undersand a word I
said about WKPP diving, or anything else, that is why I myself had to
write all of those articles, and they were separate from these. In fact,
you will find that there had hardly been a Deeptek issue without some
contribution by me, until Gilliam took it over, and then we had that
stupid interview, and then Gilliam's slander job in response to me
criticizing his deep air fest in Egypt that resulted in Rob's death. By
the way, the genius who dove with Rob the day he died did a 400 footer
the next day, and according to the Towel Boy, the rest of them continued
to deep air dive as well. you se, until we blewe the whistle on Gilliam,
he was more concerned with making sure nobody thought Rob was diving a
rebreather, since in his twisted logic, deep air is ok. 


Jody Everett wrote:
> 
> The following quotes come from Deeptech, Issue 4, Jan 1996, Gilliam
> Gets Pissed Off!.
> 
> DT: Is deep air diving a viable practice?
> 
> GILLIAM: It is within limits.  And those limits will vary greatly with
> the individual, his experience, his fitness and his psychological
> comfort.  The environment also makes a huge difference.  Most
> experienced divers can be trained to dive to 200-220 foot range with a
> reasonable risk factor.  But it requires a regime of supervised
> training under a specifically qualified instructor through programs
> like those offered by TDI, IANTD, and PSA.  Beyond that depth, the
> average guy should get on trimix if he wants to go deeper.
> 
> But if I can work in deeper water on air with a compact streamlined
> rig, I am far more mobile and able to perform better simply from the
> standpoint of swimming.  You try to operate complex camera systems
> when filming unpredictable marine life or rapidly moving subs or other
> specialized vehicles if you're dragging trimix gear and stage bottles
> with you.  Forget it!  You just can't do it.  I can go into the water
> with one primary cylinder, rendezvous with oxygen for deco if
> necessary, and still maintain complete control and  flexibility since
> my gear load is so slight by comparison.  Then again, I've got a very
> high tolerance for narcosis and have refined my dive technique to
> minimize susceptibility to oxygen toxicity.
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