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Jess, you are right on with the concept of using a convoluted piece of tomfollery to solve a self-inflicted problem - it is the bondage wing sydrome. These jack leg break reels are the worst pieces of shit I have ever seen. I would not use one to play with my cat. Smithers is dead right on the reel thing as well - you can not appreaciate the reels and spools we use until one of the others screws up on you. I can tell people how to do things nicely, but not after they have been an asshole about it. You just piss on them with a smile on your face, and as you suggest I get pissed having seen the results of the stroke ways. I went diving yesterday with two guys who used to argue with me bitterly on here. One of these guys I think would make a good addition to JJ's GUE team, the other is not in the business, but I showed him something on the gear with no problem at all doing it "nicely" and having it make sense, but he was not being a jerk , either. He just never saw it done the other way. No big deal to change. Some things need the boot in the ass, others are not such emergencies, but are fine points. The problem is that as the dives get trickier, the little things become huge. The fine points become everything. Look at this McGurr death - he has to call his dive due to some self-inflicted clusterfuck and it ends up killing him. On a broader note, the guys who get the big results have the little things worked out, like the WKPP and those who can't get it done do not have them worked out, like the usdct. Look at JJ's trip to the Britanic vs that stroke Kevin Gurr, for instance. Walk in the park vs a strokefest. Jess Armantrout wrote: > > Tod, > Choosing convoluted gear to make up for poor technique and lack of ability > is never the solution. Much of the gear you recommend seems to fit in this > catagory. > > Instead of saying "there is no one correct way," maybe what you mean to say > is that there is no one correct way for incompetant sub-par performers who > are not willing to put in the time to be the very best they can be. > > The guys that dive with the WKPP are talented enough that they could dive > with whatever convoluted bullshit exists, but they dive with what is > optimal, optimal being the result of many years of diving at this level. > And yes, it is evolving. > > No, George is not God, but when it comes to dive equipment recommendations > and techniques, I have yet to find fault with anything he recommends. I > rarely follow him blindly, and in fact argue with him frequently and loudly. > This is a waste of time, as I have yet to prove him wrong. > > His approach may be different than mine, but for some who can't seem to get > the message, continual hammering may just be the best approch. I think most > of George's venom is a result of frustration at the failure of many to > comprehend even the most basic concepts, let alone the whole picture. > > As for the rest of the WKPP, they are just a bunch of hard working, > dedicated men and women who want to be the best they can be and are sick and > tired of others tying to ruin things by being so stupid. > > Jess > > -----Original Message----- > From: tgunther@co*.co* <tgunther@co*.co*> > To: Jess Armantrout <armantrout@wo*.at*.ne*> > Cc: Techdiver Mailing List <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 4:16 PM > Subject: Re: equipment recommendations? > > >Jess: > > > >I appreciate your tactful approach. Yes, you bring up valid points on > each > >issue, but as you are probably aware there are trade-offs and compromises > on > >every piece of gear equipment. You argue for A while diminishing B; > another > >person argues for B while diminshing A. I realize that it is quite clicky > >(yes, like high school girls trying to emulate the cheerleaders) on this > List to > >merely take George's opinion on everything as holy-grail, but the simple > truth > >of the matter is that God did not send down golden tablets on which was > written > >what the best comprimises are within each category. And no, George is not > God, > >and the WKPP are not all rum-soaked descendents from Blackbeard himself. > > > >Cordially, > >Tod > > > > > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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