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At 08:56 AM 13/6/99 -0800, Adri KC Haine wrote:

>Billy,
>
>Especially in regions were competition is tough, like Egypt, this tends to
be forgotten from time to time. Hugo will have to adapt or he will be
bypassed for others who evolve and try to make diving safer, even if that
means to say 'No' to people who want to go to depths of 50-60 metres on air.
Nowadays, if Hugo says 'No, I'm sorry but I will only go to 40 metres on
air', he gets laughed at and people go to the next dive-centre. Thats the
reality and its a bitter one. 

Adri, Hugo could put together a safe, efficient
gear configuration for himself AND his customers 
to do those dives. But he doesn't.

He could add helium to his mix (and to theirs,
it isn't gonna kill them) so they don't get
whacked out of their trees. But he doesn't. 

He could even dive mix while his customers dive
deep air so he's clear headed enough to help
them if they get screwed up. But he doesn't.

No. Hugo dives like a stroke, bullshits, boasts
about "I'm just doing daily fucking awesome deep 
and long exploratory dives", and justifies his
multiple bad choices and questionable honesty
in the name of commerce.

We should remember his kind of diving is some
of the easiest in the world. Warm water. Very
bright and clear. Lots of walls and reefs. Lots 
of locations with little or no current. Dead 
easy.

This is just the place for people like Hugo to 
help his customers into paying a little extra 
for something special - you know: "it's a leetle 
bit deep but its real cool and I can rent you 
the (bullshit) gear and trust me I do these 
'fucking awesome' dives all the time and it's 
well worth the extra baksheesh."  Tell me he
isn't.

rgrds    billyw




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