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Neal, suffice it to say I proved them all wrong, one more time. Dr Neal Harman wrote: > > Chris Hellas writes: > >In message <7CteYdAIIui0Ewe0@jo*.de*.co*.uk*>, John Thornton > ><johnpt@jo*.de*.co*.uk*> writes > >> I was told it > >>was the members of the uk cave diving fraternity, I am sure that they > >>read this list so come on guys what is your problem.Speak up. > > > >I think the letter was the sum total of their bravery, however I am sure > >we would all like a 'heads up' for a proper debate. > > First, if there are any "senior" members of the UK cave diving community on > the list, they don't post. > > I have only heard the same rumors as everyone else. However: > > 1. UK cave diving is as heterogeneous as US cave diving - perhaps more so > since the CDG seems to actively encourage anarchy. Also, we have ones with > brow ridges, calloused knuckles and family trees that don't fork just like > anywhere else. > 2. UK cave diving opinions on "deep air" are likely to be a little suspect > simply because, with a few exceptions, there ain't no "deep". > 3. Having said that, those divers doing substantial exploration who are > diving deep in the UK and abroad (e.g. Cordingley, Carter and co.), are > moving away from deep air. > 4. The tricky part - I'd like to know (of course:-) who actually signed > this letter - however, one of the *rumoured* signatories (and I *haven't* > seen the letter and don't know for sure if this person *did* sign it), is > someone I have a fair amount of time for, and (a) don't think would become > involved if he knew the full story, and (b) for reasons too long and boring > to go into almost certainly *doesn't* know the full story. So it is just > *possible* that not everyone really knew the implications of what they were > signing. > > Neal > > Dr N A Harman, > Department of Computer Science, > University of Wales Swansea > Singleton Park > Swansea SA2 0AQ UK > tel: +44 1792 295394 fax: +44 1792 295708 > N.A.Harman@sw* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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