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Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 20:29:41 -0500
Subject: Re: Predive procedure
From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
To: <CaptnDale@ao*.co*>, <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Dale-

Yeah, it was a fine day when I got my rig configured to get rid of the damn
weight belt.

   Jim
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> From: <CaptnDale@ao*.co*>
> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 18:29:05 EST
> To: cobber@ci*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Subject: Re: Predive procedure
> 
> Jim,
> I don't think that it looks "dumb" at all to go over a check list before a
> dive.  Pilots do it and would be criticized, rightly, if they did not.  Going
> over a check list just might help keep a diver from forgetting something that
> might be important.  I know once or twice I have had to yell up to my partner
> on the boat to hand down my weight belt because I jumped into the water
> without it.  If I had been using my check list that would not have happened,
> but I was in a hurry...
> 
> Regards,
> Dale
> 
> In a message dated 12/28/99 3:44:59 PM Central Standard Time,
> cobber@ci*.co* writes:
> 
> << I have found over the years that my second dive is almost always
better
> than
> the first. Why this is, I think, is that it takes me a "warm up" dive to get
> my kit squared away. This check list is an attempt to have the first dive as
> good as the second. It may look a little dumb, sitting there with your list,
> but I don't care, it's better than blowing a dive. I really recommend it.
> 
> Jim >>
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