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Frank, It is safe to say that everything that comes out of this weenie mag is complete trash. Erik >From fbama98@ao*.co* Wed Sep 9 08:35:10 1998 >Received: from imo20.mx.aol.com (imo20.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.10]) > by zen.kr.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA03512 > for <cavers@ca*.co*>; Wed, 9 Sep 1998 10:49:04 -0400 (EDT) >From: FBama98@ao*.co* >Received: from FBama98@ao*.co* > by imo20.mx.aol.com (IMOv16.1) id NVBBa08191; > Wed, 9 Sep 1998 10:58:01 -0400 (EDT) >Message-ID: <f83ea94c.35f69779@ao*.co*> >Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 10:58:01 EDT >To: cavers@ca*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com, freeattic@co*.ci*.uf*.ed* >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Subject: DeepBS Article >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 64 > >The latest edition of DeepBS magazine is indeed a classic. This issue's >"public enemy number 1" appears to be Tim O'Leary, as he is the featured >villain in the article "The Most Exciting Dive I Never Did." The article >basically calls Tim a liar for claiming to have done 528' on air. > >There are so many ironies in this article that I do not know where to begin. >First, look at the author..."Compiled by the DeepTech Editoral Staff." >Hmmm...I guess Gilliam got tired of being sued for making accusations he could >not prove. > >Second, they had a chance to speak out against the stupidity of deep air, >something Tim now preaches, but never did...they seemed much more interested >in bashing Tim. Now why would they want to do that? Could it have anything >to do with the fact that Tim is heading up NAUI's new Tech program, an obvious >threat to TDI? No, surely not. > >Third, the reasoning for their assertion that the dive never happend is >interesting. They support their argument by pointing out that Tim claims to >have done the dive on an 80 and that with a SAC of 0.75 cu ft/min, he would >not have had enough gas. Well, for the typical "DeepTech Editorial Staff" >member, 0.75 might be pretty damn good, but having dove with Tim, I call tell >you his is about half that. > >Next, it seems ironic that when Gilliam did his then record dive to 4whatever, >he used a similar gear configuration, and when his story was questioned on >similar grounds he boasted that he could do dives like that because of his >outstanding air consumption, which we can now assume must be .75 or greater, >which is by the way, flat out shitty. Having dove with Gilliam, I can tell >you that that is being generous. > >Finally, the greatest irony of all comes from the fact that on the preceeding >page is an quote by the BatMan himself, Jim Bowden. Regarding his 925' dive >(?!?) he states "Where did I stop? Who knows? I was desperate to get out of >there." And he is the great hero of DeepBS magazine! In this same article, a >list of sub 500' dives is presented. Can there be a more irresponsible act >than to promote and encourage this kind of activity? I can see every wide >eyed Tom, Dick and Harry of tech diving reading this and saying to themselves, >"hey, all I have to do is a bounce dive to 500' and I can be famous just like >Jim Bowden!" > >What a bunch of crap. How does this rag stay in business? Amazing. > >Frank > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.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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