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From: "John R. Rose" <rose@cs*.sc*.ed*>
Subject: Re: Learning to identify and minimize risk - planet of the
To: jrwaugh@ix*.ne*.co* (Jeff Waugh)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:32:08 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: sid.dive@ib*.ne*, techdiver@aquanaut.com


> And what would the "proper" mix be for a 100' dive on a wall that
> bottoms at 14,000'? Yeah, I thought so!!! Get a clue!

Mr. Waugh,

Is this an attempt at reductio ad absurdum? If so you get full marks
for the "absurdum" part.

I will try to use words that have no more than four syllables:

When you participate in your hypothetical wall dive that bottoms out
at 14,000' you are implicitly accepting that any situation that results
in an uncontrolled descent will be fatal.

It DOES NOT follow that you would want to accept the same risk for a
dive such as the Hydro Atlantic. In the case of the Hydro Atlantic, such
risk is neither necessary or warranted.

Unavoidable risk for one type of dive does not mean that type of risk
should be ignored for all types of dive. Get a clue!


-John
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