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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Harris , <p>Although your initial comment about the steels and wet suit i found it to be so correct i disagree <br>with your line " I overlooked this, most logical, point and was considering things from an open ocean standpoint. " <p>Come on guys doesn't WKPP have equipment check for their support divers ? I need someone to stand on <br>his feed and say " YES it was wrong this guy shouldn't be diving with this setup " do we change our standards <br>depending on how someone can resist cold or by his abilities to chimp a cave ? My personal humble opinion <br>is that this pic should be removed. <p>It was not long before i was called stroke for diving with my 15 liter steels and wet suit. <br>It all make sense to me then when George explained thats why i spend $$$$ on Tls 350. <p>It is not long ago when i got this from wkpp.. <p>If you are diving a wet suit, you should be diving aluminum tanks; never <br>steel. These you could comfortably swim to the surface in the event of a wing <br>failure. If you must dive steel the only way to ensure your safety is by <br>buying a dry suit. <p>I should now by an anti-flame suit .... <p>Manos. <br> <br> <br> <br> <p>"Case E. Harris" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Okay, after all the replies I've received, (some with a not so friendly tone...but I'm used to that!) allow me to summarize and clarify. I realize the guy must not need the extra warmth of a drysuit under the conditions (shallow, cavern only, etc...) I was curious about the wetsuit with steels more from a buoyancy standpoint. Given a BC failure, the tanks make things awful negative without the extra buoyancy of a drysuit...especially at depth.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Trey pointed out (and only him... all my other flames have been how the guy can stand the cold....) that one can crawl out of a cave, and the drysuit as backup buoyancy is less important there than in the ocean. Having never been in a cave before, I overlooked this, most logical, point and was considering things from an open ocean standpoint.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>So...the subject line of my email, "photo CURIOSITIES," (not "photo CRITICISIMS") was quite accurate, and now my curiosities are satisfied.... It apparantly is okay to dive wet in steels as long as you can crawl out, and you're not getting cold. I agree... works for me...</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>(Uh-oh... I'm rhyming... better lay off the coffee this morning!)</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I've attached some (names removed to protect the innocent) of the quotes I've received... the last one will be dealt with swiftly!</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Case Harris</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1><a href="mailto:diveman@cy*.co*">diveman@cyberdude.com</a></font></font>&n bsp;<font face="Arial"><font size=-1>someone wrote:</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I was there observing that weekend. True, he did wear a wetsuit, but</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>he was also diving at a max depth of 50 feet while in a cavern and</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>never went into the cave.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>someone else wrote:</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I bet you a Pepsi it won't be long till he is in</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>a DS. You can get away wet for support dives but</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>once the deco starts, you best be dry or freeze</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>your ass off! 70-72 degree water gets colder and</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>colder as you push the clock.</font></font> <p><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>someone different wrote:</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Anyway that was Mike Kane, I'm surprised he was even wearing a wetsuit and</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>not just shorts and a t-shirt. From what I've seen of Mike, he has</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>antifreeze instead of blood.</font></font> <p><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>yet another person wrote:</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Yeah, but that's MHK. Throw it all out the window when dealing with Mike.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>He dives up here in 42 degree water in a wetsuit, with no hood.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>The guy is some kind of lizard.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>and the rudest of all wrote:</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>you dumbass... you don't need a drysuit in florida. If you had a fucking clue about any of the diving we do down</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>here, you'd know the water is 70 plus degrees all the time, and a shorty is about all that's needed.</font></font></blockquote> </body> </html> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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