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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 12:24:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Rick Fincher <rnf@sp*.tb*.co*>
Subject: Re: Nobel prize winner dies at Wakulla
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com, armantrout@wo*.at*.ne*

> 
> yes Rick, this death is our fault... <snip>

No Trout, it's not your fault. Never said it was. But this unproductive pissing 
match you guys have going is not helping anybody.

Let me give you two possible courses of action that you could have taken when 
you found out about Wak 2.

1. You could have said, "Hey guys we've been diving here for a long time and
any 
info you need in planning like, finding out about existing lines, existing maps 
etc. we'll be happy to help out. We've also got a killer scooter design if you 
guys want to try it."

2. If you saw that they were screwed up you could have backed off and let them 
do it their way without comment. The end results would have showed the truth.

If you guys really believe in doing this for scientific reasons then it would
be 
a cooperative effort, not the ego contest and turf battle it has degenerated 
into.

You guys do some really great diving and have developed some really great 
techniques that have helped the whole sport.

Why taint that legacy by appearing to be the guy standing there with a bloody 
knife in your hand after backstabbing these other guys and saying, "See I told 
you they couldn't do it".

You'd be better off to be able to say when all was said and done, "We tried to 
give them a helping hand but they still couldn't pull it off".

I could respect that. I can't respect they way you guys have behaved to date.


Rick
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