This post was about ATTITUDE and GEAR CHOICE only. I didn't know Tony and I
am sorry that he died at all, let alone while diving. The point is that he
had just been shown on ABC television as being the STATE OF THE ART tech
diver and a week later this "high tech" rig kills him. If nobody calls
bullshit on gear rigs and atitudes like his, then there will continue to be
people dying from doing shit like this. I would consider it to be a favor to
all the families of other "Tony Wannabes" out there to point it out before
it kills a loved one of theirs as well. I stand behind what I posted 110%.

Don

-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Gerzner [mailto:christiang@pi*.co*.au*]
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 5:59 AM
To: Mcinnis, Don
Cc: 'Jsuw@ao*.co*'; techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Diving the San Diego


"Mcinnis, Don" wrote:
(snips)

> Well at least his equipment will make a nice artificial reef down there
with
> the San Diego. The size is comparable at least. Wasn't it just last week
> that there were comments that this rig was a suicide waiting to happen?
> Hopefully ABC won't run this part as well, since they will make it look
like
> "even the most equipped tech diver can get killed". This is after he
bashed
> DIR and Hogarthian saying they were too narrow minded and inhibited
> progress. Now his depth is limited to six feet under while the DIR guys
are
> going much deeper. So much for "personal preference" gear.

You're WAY, WAY, WAY OVER THE TOP out of line.

A diver has died whilst diving!!!

Regardless of personal preference, it could be any of us.

Shame on you,

Christian
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