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Funny, Whenever Bill Stone runs another "expedition" we always have a record number of deaths each year. On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:30:10 -0400, <kirvine@sa*.ne*> wrote: > Joel, seven years ago I was appointed Director of the Woodville Karst > Plain Project, and there has not been an accident or death since while > the most extreme cave diving on record was executed flawlessly. > > Screw the "community", they don't understand why. If they did, we would > not be having these conversations, now would we? > > Nothing has changed in the "commmunity", and nothing has changed at > WKPP. > > Beat goes on. As fast as we get the word out, the training agencies > multimply your "nightmare". What we end up with is an elite group > worldwide and a lot of accidents happening or waiting to happen with the > rest ( a much larger and growing group). > > Joel Silverstein wrote: > > > > Seven Years Ago > > > > Once again those feelings catch up with me each year about this time. Te. Of most significance, however, during that year > > were the deaths. Before this date that year more than ten had occurred. (If > > my numbers are correct 1998 met those death tolls as I believe has this > > year. 1999- has been a tragic year. . The death toll that summer was more than 10. > >. And there were more fatalities and > > accidents around the world that I cant recall . > > > > The community, and yes, there was a community then, was upset and concerned > > that what we had unleashed in the interests of fun, and exploration, and > > challenge had become a nightmare. > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. ________________________________________________________________ Get FREE voicemail, fax and email at http://voicemail.excite.com Talk online at http://voicechat.excite.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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