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MHK, it is no big deal in that situation - in the ocean it is suicide. I did not get your call unitl too late the other night, and I had to go to a meeting and straight to the airport - I was only in LA for few hours. MHK wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Manos Manoli <manos@ma*.co*.cy*> > > MHK , > With the same logic i can dive with my swimming goggles ( i always keep a > pair > in my boat ) in case i forget > my mask home. > > Nonsense, > > It seams that you didn't understand what's going on here ! > > I understand perfectly, It's you that doesn't have a clue > > You didn't get it that everyone hanging in this list is watching > so close how this people do it. You know why ? > > So these cyber diver's can poke holes at a system that works, so that they > can point finger's and talk that personal preference crap. > > So let me make this plain and simple and then I'm done with you and this > thread.. > > I tried to post my observations as a 1st timer at Wakulla. I thought that > other's could benefit from my experiences. I thought that perhaps if > someone other than George posted something from a fresh perspective that > rather than beat something into the ground other's could visualize the > extreme magnitude of the project. As I said to call it impressive is an > understatement.. > > To be fair to Goerge and JJ, they do mandate that all diver's dive DIR and > they did tell me that ahead of time. SInce George, Bill Mee and Dan Volker > were primarily responsible for helping me convert to DIR and since I had > dove with George several times prior to my Wakulla weekend and since I > arranged a DIR demo in SoCal with George, JJ , Ted Cole and Dan Volker, > George had little reason to doubt that I would be diving DIR on this > project, to the extent that I had an opportunity to dive on my 1st weekend. > Most diver's don't generally dive during there inagural weekend, they > observe. > > Accordingly, George and JJ took my word at face value that I would comply > with there mandate. I got into the water about 10 hours after George and JJ > and only for a few minutes.. > > Sadly the focus has shifted from the impressive WKPP set up to my fuck up. > > I wish other's would spend as much time disecting there own diving as they > do looking for mistakes made by the WKPP.. If they did there would > certainly be less bodies.. > > So for the last and final time I will address this issue. I apologoze to > George and JJ and the rest of the WKPP team for MY mistake. > > When you get right down to it, a dive of this magnitude goes off without a > hitch, a team of about 80 diver's comes together, and the only thing you can > focus on is that a first time support diver wore a wetsuit in 75+ degree > water while diving to 20'. > > I am too assume based upon the foregoing that you therefore acknowledge that > EVERY other aspect of the entire team effort you are in agreement with?? > > Do you think you could have put together such an impressive coalition with > similar results??? > > If you spent half as much time focusing on the positives as you do looking > for problems you might actually learn something.. > > So I mentioned in my trip report Chris Elmore was kind enough to take me > under his wing.. During the day he asked me how it was I came to join the > WKPP effort and I told him of my experiences arguing with George on the net > and then told Chris that I finally realized that I could learn more by > listening to George et.al rather than arguing with him. You should follow > that advise. > > Later -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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