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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:18:47 -0500
From: Michael Doelle <MichaelDoelle@co*.co*>
Subject: Divers Supply, IANTD, Tom Mount and tragic technical diving
To: "Dan Volker" <dlv@ga*.ne*>
Cc: techdiver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>

Dan,

>>e have learned of the mass marketing of
technical diving, by Divers Supply, in which the concept of screening see=
ms
to be lost----in the case of the dead student, Mike elkins, the poor guy
had
about 83 dives under his belt.<<

This is insane. 83 dives, 250 feet? And people complain about PADI DMs wi=
th
less than 100. Rich Pyle used to propose that new divers should  spend
their first 200 dives above 70 feet or so. May sound extreme to many, but=
 I
tend to agree with him more and more. Diving is like riding a motorcycle,=

you don't really  know how fast you can go through a curve until you cros=
s
the unseen line.

mika, munich
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