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>I mat be wrong on this but in Caverns Measureless to Man Sheck describes a >dive in a deep cave in Mexico in which his watch accidently was dropped or >fell off his arm. He was forced to count time by his fingers. When Mary >Ellen met him at the first deco stop a safety diver could go to she went >back up and brought him another one down. I believe his statement after the >dive was he would never dive without a back up timer again. > >It seems to me you could play what if and come up with all sorts of >scenerios, both logical and illogical, probable and improbable, ocean and >cave, where a diver could lose his buddy or his buddy lose him. Why not put >a small, unobtrusive back up timer for when murphy's law decides to make a >visit? > >Or better still, not consider people "strokes" if they do choose to prepare >for the most unfortunate event of losing a buddy for whatever reason by >adding a simple, small device to their arm which is very hogarthian. > >susan > > >>Sheck, though the toughest diver ever to live in my opinion, was far from >>Hogarthian/DIR. >> >>If you are as tough as he was, you have my permission to dive any stroked >>out rig you desire. Sheck could have taught you a thing or two on that >>subject. >> >>Trout >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: bigvon@be*.ne* <bigvon@be*.ne*> >>To: Jess Armantrout <armantrout@wo*.at*.ne*>; techdiver@aquanaut.com >><techdiver@aquanaut.com> >>Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 9:30 AM >>Subject: Re: Redundant Equipment and Holgarth >> >> >>>I think that was a solo dive. Hmmmm. no buddy? >>> >>>Jess Armantrout wrote: >>> >>>If your watch fails, count the deco. Sheck did this from 800+ feet at >>>Bushmangat. >>> >>>> >>>> Trout >>> >>> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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