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I knew it.  You have just confirmed my suspicions about the dangers at
Wakulla.  I stubbed my toe on that very same stump and so far no one in the
WKPP has made the first move to correct this problem.


At 11:58 AM 8/27/98 -0500, you wrote:
>OK, time to come clean.  The wkpp safety record is in fact abysmal.  Here
>are some of the injuries I have sustained that I was pressured to omit from
>dive reports.
>
>-On nearly every dive, my thumbs have nicks from the stage bottles.
>-On one Wakulla dive I got a hamstring cramp that was sore for TWO days.
>-Sometimes my drysuit neckseal leaves my neck chafed
>-On most dives I have mask ring on my face after the dive.
>-I once tripped on the stump at the waters edge and stubbed my toe.
>-Recently, I pulled a muscle in my back loading my truck that took 3 Advil
>to cure.
>-I have noticed significant hair loss since I began diving Wakulla.  The
>connection is obvious to even the most casual observer.
>-After my last 11 hour dive at Wakulla, my left knee was sore until my
>steak was served that night.  Some people claim that was just to get the
>support guys to load my truck, but that is not, repeat not true.
>-I always geta headache reading e-mail from Chris Brown.
>
>Yes, confession is good for the soul.
>
>Trout
>
>----------
>> From: Brown, Christopher <techvid@ne*.co*>
>> To: cavers@ca*.co*; techdiver@aquanaut.com
>> Subject: RE:  misdirection?
>> Date: Thursday, August 27, 1998 11:20 AM
>> 
>> 
>> Isn't the bends a diving injury? How does a diving operation claim to
>have
>> a "perfect safety record" -- when there are diving injuries that have
>take
>> place at Wakulla (including your own) -- except by ignoring them and
>> intentionally leaving them out of all the reports? Wouldn't that be
>> irresponsible/misleading/dishonest?
>> 
>
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