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<<  However for anyone, WKPP, IANTD, TDI, etc. to say that it is dogma
that ONLY
their way of configuration is "right" in a cave or ocean defies the laws of
nature and evolution  >>

Or that awareness that none of us, group or individual, are ever omniscient
(incapable of error).   If you read WKPPs postings long enough you begin to see
a trend.    Some things they argue for redundancy and some things they don't,
but whatever the case they are always right.    When others argue for redundancy
on different things though and not on others,  no matter what the case they are
a wrong.   The strange thing about all this is that none of it is subjectively
proven, and therefore is much akin to two small girls sitting in a circle
arguing over whether one girls daddy is better than the others girls daddy.
It's childhood trifling and one-upmanship of nine year olds brought into the
adult arena of thirty-five and forty year olds.

Personally, I think George's safety record has much less to do with his gear
configuration as it has to do with his ability to keep the team extremely
focused, strictly serious, not afraid to bail a dive for any reason, and many of
the other successful dynamics he has brought to WKPP.   I would bet a half a
years salary that if you take the WKPP and put them all in cheap Caribbean
dive-resort gear (with notable exceptions) , and make sure that all their gear
is exactly the same for familiarity under pressure, you would still not have any
deaths on George's watch.    Take DIR though and put this configuration on all
of Stone's men (though I too give him respect for his great accomplishments) and
there would still be deaths because of a difference in leadership paradigms.
Simply put, I ascribe much more of George's unsurpassed record to his excellent
internal leadership qualities than I do any particular gear configuration
(again, with very notable exceptions).

Thanks for your comments Bill,
Tod


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