Hi Dan,

> The problem with this is that it ignores the real issue---incompetent fat
> slobs can NOT do these dives, no matter how hard they try to be
> "disciplined".

See if you can answer these:

1. How many Wak2 divers did I work with last week?

2. How many of them are more than 10 lbs overweight?

> They may want discipline, they may obtain it for a few
> minutes to hours at a time, but each of these divers as a whole needs a
> great deal more than discipline to survive in Wakulla.  The most important
> gear choice for Wakulla is the diver himself ( here these guys fail
> miserably from all accounts I've heard..few could even score an
> average VO2
> max score ( 35 ml/kg ), several would be closer to 15 ml/kg . This "gear
> failure, added to the "mental" gear failure, will destroy your
> best efforts
> long before the poor slobs get even one mile in. The expected CCR failures
> will only be more nails in the coffins.

You seem confident that you know specific characteristics of these divers -
can you even name them?  I'll bet even if you consult your "source", you
couldn't accurately name more than about 4 or 5, and I bet of those, you
haven't met most personally.

> If I were in your shoes, I'd start pointing this out now, so that ensuing
> death tolls don't link your training as the failure point----identify the
> "real" gear failure now---the lack of fitness, and this will mitigate the
> future failing of the CCR.

Dan, Dan, Dan....so little you understand.

Aloha,
Rich

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