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Kevin, Learn to read.... read to learn.... BTW. I went back and read your post about where to find "X-SMALL dry gloves". Good info chief.. Small mind, small hands, small feet, small .... Thankyou for playing, Jeff WKPP webmaster Scaleworks wrote: > > 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 :) -- Jeff Bentley jbentley@cr*.co* http://www.crl.com/~jbentley -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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