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Dan, Don't you think you might be presuming a lot by extrapolating the following scenario from the facts? Scott >From: "Dan Volker" <dlv@ga*.ne*> >Subject: WPB Tragedy, Update #2 >Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 17:06:05 -0500 > >The medical Examiner announced this morning the body which surfaced, was the >tech instructor, Andre Smith. >Particularly surprising, that Andre would have been the one to strip his >gear off. Perhaps Andre could not pull the heavy four steel tanks off the >bottom, due to wing system insufficiency and no buoyancy assistance from >his wet suit. So when John Claypool went down to help, they unstrapped Andre >with the intention of buddy breathing him up. This would have been time >consuming, and certainly, John's second descent would have eaten up a huge >amount of gas, since he would have had the current at 100 feet, pushing him >to the north of Andre on the bottom ( where there is no current at all). >Hypothermia, and insufficient gas for this scenario, would both have been >critical problems. And other stuff > >Regards, >Dan Volker > > >-- >Dan Volker >South Florida Dive Journal >http://www.sfdj.com/ >The Internet magazine for u/w photography and mpeg video > > > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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