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To: emarsh@au*.as*.sl*.co*
To: techdiver@opal.com
Subject: RE: Caving on TV
From: Scot Anderson <scot@po*.bt*.co*>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 09:36:12 PST
I think I've seen that one. Isn't that the one where they "found" a big
old dino-bone sitting on some clean limestone?  I think they were
"simulating" - there is no way they could do a depth like that with
those tanks.  Not to mention how questionable the wisdom of it.

>The other day I saw a program on the Discovery Channel about some
>archeological cave diving that was being done in a Florida sinkhole.
>
>Although the narration described how safety conscious the team was
>and the video showed them using a reel, I noticed that all the divers
>were only wearing single tanks. What's more, the narrator said that
>they were diving to 80 meters, yet as far as I could tell these guys
>were breathing air.
>
>Anybody else see this program?
>
>Eric
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