Thomas, 

I find it interesting how people come to conclusions about things. I have
no catch.  

I'm sure that you have your methods of evaluation, I have mine, others have
thiers. 

Black and white is easy to see but its the mixing of the colors that gets
to black and white. 

regards, 
jds 


PS how's your little one ? 

At 11:17 PM 11/4/99 -0800, S I L E N T  I M M E R S I O N wrote:
>Joel,
>
>Now why would you be curious about that? Wouldn't : "one and logical
>reasoning" be sufficient? Or does one need to try the obviously stupid
>before defending the logic?
>What's the catch behind your question Joel?
>
>Regards,
>tt
>
>> Sean,
>>
>> I'm curious, over the years how many different gear configurations have
>you
>> worked with and what was the deciding factor that you experienced that
>> solidified that one was safer than the other?
>>
>> Regards,
>> jds
>>
>>
>> At 12:56 PM 11/4/99 -0800, Sean T. Stevenson wrote:
>> >Hank, that particular statement was made with the important implication
>> >that sidemount diving be employed ONLY when necessary, such as when
>> >back mounted cylinders do not fit into the cave passage.  You quote my
>> >comment out of context.  The risks that I will accept are limited by
>> >the fact that I will use ONLY the safest possible configuration for the
>> >given environment (short of calling the dive).  When tanks fit on the
>> >back, this means an isolation manifold.  To incur a risk that is
>> >entirely unnecessary is what I cannot accept.
>> >
>> >-Sean
>> >
>> >
>> >On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 02:15:49 EST, GarlooEnt@ao*.co* wrote:
>> >
>> >>sean
>> >>i am not going to get into a long discussion about your concept of side
>&
>> ID
>> >>diving.
>> >>
>> >>i only have one point to make & i agree with you entirely on this --
>> >>YOU CHOSE to accept the additional assumption of risk -when it is deemed
>to
>> >>be acceptable to you??
>> >>so how is it you can't accept the possibility that others (that may have
>> more
>> >>experience than you or anyone you might know) CHOSE to accept the
>> additional
>> >>assumption of risk FOR THEMSELVES??
>> >>
>> >>thanks hank
>> >
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