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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01BFC632.77E983C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yes, Ocean Realm 1988. It's an entertaining article. Don't expect to learn a lot about Trimix diving. The article is very cool, but it is written to a general audience, so it's not so good for education. It will tell you a lot about Sheck's psych, motivations, etc. It was written by Ned Deloach, the same guy that wrote the guidebook to Florida springs. He was more of a travelling companion/support diver for Sheck on the Mante dives than a dive partner. I don't know Paul Deloach, but I've heard his name before and it is NOT the same guy. Mexico Desconocido published an article at about the same time about the 1988 Mante dive. It was written by (I believe) Sergio Zambrano. It's in Spanish, but has some cool photos (I can read the captions on the photos, but not the text -- I only speak "taco espanol"). I was on the 1989 Mante trip where Sheck made 870 feet. It was a very cool trip. Those were the days! Most of us were learning trimix diving on our own, didn't know what we were doing, so we did lots of stroke and weanie dives. My partner and I did a weanie stroke deal where we descended on air, switched to some leftover trimix that Sheck gave us, dropped to about 270, came back using air and o2 for deco. The tables were generated semi-manually by me with an HP calculator. The trip itself was a blast. We got to deal with the Mexican army (nothing like having camafloge wearing, assault rifle toten dudes telling you in Spanish to "get out of the truck and open the back" -- or was that "stay in the truck and keep your hands on the wheel"?). We got to buy sodas for the cops in some of the small towns, which kept us from getting speeding tickets. We rescued a bat. And we got to watch some workers set explosives and blow up some rocks. Anyway, I have the Ocean Realm article. I'll try to dig it up and put it on my website. Sincerely, C. Randy Bohrer Underwater Applications Corp voicemail/fax: (707) 222-7528 randy@mi*.co* www.mixedgas.com ------------------- P/O Original Message -------------------------------------- All bullshit - first it is not Ned Deloach - Ned wrote a book on the springs of Florida, it as Paul Deloach , a fat slob air diving buddy of Exleys who left Exley in Wakulla to swim out in one of his many clustefucks. Reading that is a waste of time. Read Timothy Leary on LSD or a listen ot a Cheech and Chong record. tgunther@co*.co* wrote: > > Team: > > On page 323 of Burgess' "The Cave Divers," the author mentions Sheck Exley's > dive partner Ned DeLoach writing an article entitled, "The Deepest Dive: A > Study in Controlled Paranoia." The author goes on to state that the article > "is one of the most insightful ever written on detailing the moods, fears, > tensions, and psychological preparations successful divers must experience to > achieve maximum results." > > I am not at the advanced level these individuals were at, but the article seems > like it would have some good elucidation for any serious diver. Does anyone > have a copy of this article (Ocean Realm magazine, Summer 1988 is mentioned) or > know where it can be obtained online? > > Thanks, > Tod ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01BFC632.77E983C0 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=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D863225713-25052000>Yes, = Ocean Realm=20 1988. It's an entertaining article. Don't expect to learn a lot about = Trimix=20 diving. The article is very cool, but it is written to a general = audience, so=20 it's not so good for education. It will tell you a lot about Sheck's = psych,=20 motivations, etc. It was written by Ned Deloach, the same guy that wrote = the=20 guidebook to Florida springs. He was more of a travelling = companion/support=20 diver for Sheck on the Mante dives than a dive partner. I don't know = Paul=20 Deloach, but I've heard his name before and it is NOT the same=20 guy.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D863225713-25052000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D863225713-25052000>Mexico = Desconocido=20 published an article at about the same time about the 1988 Mante dive. = It was=20 written by (I believe) Sergio Zambrano. It's in Spanish, but has some = cool=20 photos (I can read the captions on the photos, but not the text -- I = only speak=20 "taco espanol").</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D863225713-25052000>I was = on the 1989=20 Mante trip where Sheck made 870 feet. It was a very cool trip. Those = were the=20 days! Most of us were learning trimix diving on our own, didn't know = what we=20 were doing, so we did lots of stroke and weanie dives. My partner and I = did a=20 weanie stroke deal where we descended on air, switched to some leftover = trimix=20 that Sheck gave us, dropped to about 270, came back using air and o2 for = deco.=20 The tables were generated semi-manually by me with an HP calculator. The = trip=20 itself was a blast. We got to deal with the Mexican army (nothing like = having=20 camafloge wearing, assault rifle toten dudes telling you in Spanish to = "get out=20 of the truck and open the back" -- or was that "stay in the truck and = keep your=20 hands on the wheel"?). We got to buy sodas for the cops in some of the = small=20 towns, which kept us from getting speeding tickets. We rescued a bat. = And we got=20 to watch some workers set explosives and blow up some = rocks.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D863225713-25052000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D863225713-25052000>Anyway, I have the=20 Ocean Realm article. I'll try to dig it up and put it on my=20 website.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D863225713-25052000> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>C. Randy Bohrer</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Underwater Applications = Corp</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>voicemail/fax: <FONT size=3D2>(707)=20 222-7528</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:randy@mi*.co*">randy@mixedgas.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.mixedgas.com/">www.mixedgas.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D863225713-25052000>-------------------=20 P/O Original Message = --------------------------------------</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D863225713-25052000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D863225713-25052000></SPAN></FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>All bullshit - first it is not Ned Deloach - Ned = wrote a book=20 on the<BR>springs of Florida, it as Paul Deloach , a fat slob air diving = buddy=20 of<BR>Exleys who left Exley in Wakulla to swim out in one of his=20 many<BR>clustefucks. Reading that is a waste of time. Read Timothy Leary = on=20 LSD<BR>or a listen ot a Cheech and Chong = record.<BR><BR>tgunther@co*.co*=20 wrote:<BR>> <BR>> Team:<BR>> <BR>> On page 323 of Burgess' = "The Cave=20 Divers," the author mentions Sheck Exley's<BR>> dive partner Ned = DeLoach=20 writing an article entitled, "The Deepest Dive: A<BR>> Study in = Controlled Paranoia." The author goes on to = state that=20 the<BR>article<BR>> "is one of the most insightful ever written on = detailing=20 the moods, fears,<BR>> tensions, and psychological preparations = successful=20 divers must experience to<BR>> achieve maximum results."<BR>> = <BR>> I=20 am not at the advanced level these individuals were at, but the=20 article<BR>seems<BR>> like it would have some good elucidation for = any=20 serious diver. Does anyone<BR>> have a copy of this = article=20 (Ocean Realm magazine, Summer 1988 is mentioned)<BR>or<BR>> know = where it can=20 be obtained online?<BR>> <BR>> Thanks,<BR>>=20 Tod<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01BFC632.77E983C0-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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