Kevin,

ROTFL.....

Way ahead of you. I mixed for the moody and worked out the schedule 
if we had to go to the Star of Scotland.....
I just hope that the weather does not make the decision for us...

Besides, I talked to Phil yesterday and he indicated the plan had 
changed for the better.

See you Saturday.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Rottner [mailto:Kevin@So*.co*]
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 1998 9:06 AM
To: Ken
Cc: Techdiver list
Subject: Re: Instroketer Strokery


At 10:29 PM 11/4/98 EST, you wrote:
>Dear Kevin Rottner,
>   Thanks for your reply and moderation. I comprehend your frustration.
Instructor supervised dives should never end in fatalities.

Dear Ken:

Frustration is an appropriate label for how I used to feel, but every other
week (or maybe once a month now) its ANOTHER student death being posted. And
if it wasn't a death during a training dive, then the suspected cause of the
death usually has its roots in substandard training. Deep air, out of air,
wrong reg at depth, blown deco, blow-ups, divers left at off-shore
dive-sites and of course the classic case of an basic/open water students
dying in 22 feet.

DISGUST, INFURIATION, LOATHING are more accurate. Yes, I realize that my
recommendation to utilize a lead weight as an implement of instroketer
cranial destuction was overzealous, but I think I heard a few people out
there laughing.

I truly wonder if we will ever untangle this imbroglio of deaths that has
become SCUBA's albatross.


>     As for Farnsworth, are we talking about the real Farnsworth Banks, or
"Little Farnsworth" near the quarry? 

Nope, real "Farnsworth". Although the double pinnacles of "Little
Farnsworth" are an excellent dive too. The nice thing about "Lil'
Farnsworth" ( off the So Cal Edison Co. Tanks on the hill ) is that is a
short hop from Avalon.

Since you seem to know California so well, let this wet your cyber appetite.
On Sunday we are going to hit the Moody, then the Olympic, then the 14
minute wreck, then the 7 minute wreck. ( Yes Steve and Clay and others,
change in planned destinations, start "re-blending". ) 

Kevin


"Don't forget your history,
 Know your destiny,
 In the abundance of water,
 The fool is thirsty."

Robert Nesta Marley

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Kevin Rottner
Southern California SCUBA

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