The accidents you refer to were prior to George Irvine's arrival, and deep
air related..  Wakulla is just one of MANY caves. Leon Sinks is much larger.
The main team has had over 2000 dives since George became director, and
switched everyone to mix.... and there have been over 6000 support dives.
George has lost no one since he started.
You might want to read a little closer :-)

Regards,
Dan



>A question on statistics.
>
>Just finished reading the history of the WKPP on their site, and was very
>surprised to find that since 1993 they have had less than 20 dives there,
>albeit very impressive dives technically and logistically, but in those 20
>dives, there have been 2 deaths.
>They also list a total of 4 members that have perished while diving.
>This over 5% membership death rate, and over a 10% mortality rate per dive
at
>Wakulla.
> I was under the impression that the group was incident free. Are there
>mitigating circumstances that the deaths are not included in the overall
>picture?
>
>This is not an attack on the WKPP's commitment to safety, dedication to the
>sport, or equipment , I understand that these are high risk, on the edge
>dives, with a high degree of potential danger. Just wondering how incidents
>are factored in to information released to the public by groups such as the
>WKPP, DAN, etc. Is there a standard in the industry for accident analysis?
>Maybe a question for their public relations  and safety director to answer.
>
>Kevin
>Skippy the punk Gannon :)
>

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