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Peter Fjelsten <fjelsten@ma*.st*.dk*> wrote: > You gentlemen will, no doubt, enjoy this! And you will, no doubt, also enjoy the resoponse of the intrepid diver in question to a UK List as follows: > From: Mark Andrews <extreme@de*.fr*.co*.uk*> > Subject: Response to deep air dive issues > Date: Friday, 13 August 1999 15:59 > = > I have read with some interest but mostly sadness on the topic of my re= cent > record air dive. I find it simply amazing that a few brain dead individ= uals > have nothing better to do than write garbage on, A: A topic that they > obviously know nothing about and B: About a person that they have never= met > or known anything about, what authority or right do you have to cast su= ch > damning words? > = > You may or may not agree with my principles or methods, I may not agree= > with yours but I would certainly not take it upon myself to air my view= s on > a public chat line. You are obviously the kind of people who lead such > shallow lives that you feel it necessary to interfere with others Wheth= er > or not you approve of my achievement no one can rightly state that this= was > a suicide attempt, everything I do in life is taken to highest limit I = can > achieve, it=92s a personal thing, my only opponent has always been myse= lf, I > set my own challenges and strive to gain them. My other passion is the > martial art of AIKIDO of which I am also an instructor and was chosen f= or > the British reserve squad. I train hard in whatever I do and become the= > best I can. My training for this dive was rigorous and disciplined; I g= ave > up everything for 5 months totally committed myself for the one goal. I= > spent 6 days a week in the gym and was diving twice a week to depths th= at > most of you would never consider going to. The financial cost of this > project was in excess of =A37,000, a tad expensive for a suicide missio= n > don=92t you think? > = > I take offence to the few weak soles who try to be little me, you sit > protected behind your keyboards as you probably sat close to the teache= rs > desk at school, but remember playtime always comes around. > = > Freedom of choice is one of the great things our fore fathers died for = and > is often taken for granted, I choose to live my life on the edge and lo= ng > as I don=92t drag anyone else over with me what harm can I do? > = > I am an instructor for the following agencies: PROFFESIONAL SCUBA > ASSOCIATION, P.A.D.I, T.D.I and am currently crossing over to I.A.N.T.D= , I > have over 50 dives beyond 100m and 22 beyond 120m, all on air, my > credentials speak for themselves. I chose to make this dive for two > reasons, the first because I teach deep air to a depth of 74m and consi= der > it vital to be at the top of your profession particularly if it involve= s an > element of danger, I am striving to be just that. I travelled all the w= ay > to the U.S.A to be taught by the best ( HAL WATTS ), it has paid off as= my > record dive shows. I can now comfortably state that you will be taught = the > methods of deeper air diving ( beyond 30m ) by an instructor that regul= arly > practises what he preaches. The second reason is because I can! Why cli= p > the wings of the albatross because the penguin can=92t fly? > = > If you would like to know more about the methods and training of the P.= S.A > a web site is currently under construction. > = > Anymore wild dives for the future? Hell yes look out for the 206m wreck= > dive early next year, sorry guys it=92s on mix. > = > Mark Andrews. This turkey has two kids, just unbelievable. I suggest that he is also hands down winner of the award for best instrok= eter Christian Gerzner -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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