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Joel-
I'm not in any way saying that the Doria isn't dangerous. What I am
saying is that the feeling I got from the dateline article was that ALL
DIVING was dangerous, extreme, hard work, and even sinful. Nothing
specific, just that there was not any counterpoint in favor of proper
training and experience to do such diving. It was all about how many
have died. Very little mention of the many successful dives conducted
there each year.
-Case
diveman@cy*.co*
Joel Silverstein wrote:
>
> Case,
>
> It is "terribly dangerous" and I would have thought you would have known
> that from working with Billy for all those years. Anyone who thinks the
> Andrea Doria is not a dangerous dive should not be doing it. There are
> those of us who dive it each year who have learned about the wreck, its
> hazards and opportunities, but it is by no means a walk in the park. Come
> up sometime, and dive it, you will find it to be 10x more difficult than
> the Wilkes Barre and the Monitor.
>
> regards
>
> joel silverstein
>
>
> At 10:00 AM 6/7/1999 -0400, Case wrote:
> >I don't know if it was the original airing, but did anyone see the
> >Dateline article on the Doria last week? I got the distinct impression
> >that the producers had the intention of making diving in general out to
> >be terribly dangerous.
> >
> >Perhaps that's why all the footage of Billy Deans and his team in Key
> >West was cut out of the final article. They filmed close to 100 minutes
> >of footage, including an interview with Billy which stressed the need
> >for quality training and, more importantly, a great deal of personal
> >diving experience before tackling dives like the Doria, Wilkes-Barre,
> >etc...
> >
> >Comments?
> >
> >-Case
> >diveman@cy*.co*
> >halfrak@ho*.co*
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