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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0085_01BF4E2D.D39C6480 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I never did introduce myself although I've been on the list for a while. I'm Scott Gudmundsen, I live in N.E. Utah in Vernal. I got certified in = 1972 by the L.A. County Dept. of Recreation, Underwater Unit (that's = what is says on my card!). I grew up in Tustin, Calif. and worked in a = dive shop while in high school. (Laguna SeaSports in Laguna Beach). I quit diving back in `76 after returning from Ireland and moving to = Utah thinking that there was nothing to see inland (and being horribly = spoiled, I was into Winter Mountaineering/Ice/Rock Climbing. Besides, = all my buddies borrowed.... uh, stole... my dive gear.) Got back into diving a few years ago after discovering absolutely = fantastic diving practically in my backyard in Flaming Gorge. Enormous = wall diving that drops to over 400 feet, deep cracks and crevices, = spires and swimthroughs. A fresh water playground!!! (Dry-Suits/argon = only.) I started turning DIR without knowing that DIR existed, realizing that = danglies sold by dive shops was so stupid, and yearning for a simpler = B.C. and harness configuration like I had when I was a teenager. I = discovered DIR on the internet completely by accident and basically had = a re-birth! Thanks to posts by G.Irvine, Trout and the like (you mean = it works??!!). I've been a cop since 1982 and am trying desperately to GET OUT! I'm = married (to my first wife since `76... that must be some kind of record = for a cop!) and have four kids.=20 I dive at least once a week, snow, wind, rain, I don't care. I mix my = own Nitrox at home (the local PADI/SSI dive shop refuses to top off my = tanks if they have O2 in them (oh! oh! I just can't chance it!) Haven't = actually dived Trimix yet, but that's the next step coming this summer. = I rig for full cave every time I dive, since my dives are nearly all = exploration/discovery dives as I never know what I'm going to find = between the 75 to 120 foot level. HIGH EXCITEMENT!!! Anyway, that's me if anybody cares. If any of you guys or gals get out = this way with your kids to explore Dinosaur Land, give me a call. I can = usually break away to go diving! People usually list all their dive certification merit badges at this = point... who cares.. . So I won't. (I think it's funny how in = climbing/mountaineering there is no such thing as a "certification = card". You either learn how to do it right, or you can't get there from = here... First ascents and hard climbs speak for themselves. I guess = that's the key problem with diving, a beginner/stroke CAN get there = despite abject stupidity and be over his/her head in a heart-beat.... = blah, blah. Anyway, suffice it to say that I'm no expert in diving. But I sure do = enjoy the heck out of it! (Sorry, can't say hell... oh, damn, I mean = shoot... this is Utah and you can't talk like that here!) Scott Gudmundsen=20 (Just another diver.) Vernal, Utah (elevation 5460 feet) (435) 789-9583 ------=_NextPart_000_0085_01BF4E2D.D39C6480 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow" size=3D3>I never did = introduce myself=20 although I've been on the list for a while.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow">I'm Scott Gudmundsen, I = live in=20 N.E. Utah in Vernal. I got certified in 1972 by the L.A. County Dept. of = Recreation, Underwater Unit (that's what is says on my card!). I grew up = in=20 Tustin, Calif. and worked in a dive shop while in high school. (Laguna = SeaSports=20 in Laguna Beach).</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow">I quit diving back in = `76 after=20 returning from Ireland and moving to Utah thinking that there was = nothing to see=20 inland (and being horribly spoiled, I was into Winter = Mountaineering/Ice/Rock=20 Climbing. Besides, all my buddies borrowed.... uh, stole... my dive=20 gear.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow">Got back into diving a = few years=20 ago after discovering absolutely fantastic diving practically in my = backyard in=20 Flaming Gorge. Enormous wall diving that drops to over 400 feet, deep = cracks and=20 crevices, spires and swimthroughs. A fresh water playground!!! = (Dry-Suits/argon=20 only.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow">I started turning DIR = without=20 knowing that DIR existed, realizing that danglies sold by dive shops was = so=20 stupid, and yearning for a simpler B.C. and harness configuration = like I=20 had when I was a teenager. I discovered DIR on the internet completely = by=20 accident and basically had a re-birth! Thanks to posts by = G.Irvine, Trout=20 and the like (you mean it works??!!).</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow">I've been a cop since = 1982 and am=20 trying desperately to GET OUT! I'm married (to my first wife since = `76... that=20 must be some kind of record for a cop!) and have four = kids. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow"> I dive at least = once a week,=20 snow, wind, rain, I don't care. I mix my own Nitrox at home (the local = PADI/SSI=20 dive shop refuses to top off my tanks if they have O2 in them (oh! oh! I = just=20 can't chance it!) Haven't actually dived Trimix yet, but that's the next = step=20 coming this summer. I rig for full cave every time I dive, since my = dives are=20 nearly all exploration/discovery dives as I never know what I'm going to = find=20 between the 75 to 120 foot level. HIGH EXCITEMENT!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow">Anyway, that's me if = anybody cares.=20 If any of you guys or gals get out this way with your kids to explore = Dinosaur=20 Land, give me a call. I can usually break away to go = diving!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow" size=3D3>People usually = list all=20 their dive certification merit badges at this point... who cares.. . So = I won't.=20 (I think it's funny how in climbing/mountaineering there is no such = thing as a=20 "certification card". You either learn how to do it right, or you can't = get=20 there from here... First ascents and hard climbs speak for themselves. I = guess=20 that's the key problem with diving, a beginner/stroke CAN get there = despite=20 abject stupidity and be over his/her head in a heart-beat.... blah,=20 blah.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow">Anyway, suffice it to = say that I'm=20 no expert in diving. But I sure do enjoy the heck out of it! (Sorry, = can't say=20 hell... oh, damn, I mean shoot... this is Utah and you can't talk like = that=20 here!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow">Scott Gudmundsen = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow">(Just another = diver.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow">Vernal, Utah (elevation = 5460=20 feet)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3D"Arial Narrow">(435) = 789-9583</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0085_01BF4E2D.D39C6480-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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