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They are not 'Heros', but people we learn from and respect. This lets people like me use those principles to dive safer. Jeff the Darwinian. Why did Burke and Wills walk across Australia? They should have waited a few years and driven! Oh that's right,...........they were explorers! ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott <scottk@hc*.co*> To: Tech list <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 11:55 PM Subject: You guys are going to love this one > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nydivecon" <nydivecon@ao*.co*> > Newsgroups: rec.scuba > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 8:07 PM > Subject: Re: Nydivecon > > > > >Really? When was the last time you saw a commercial team go 3 miles back > > >under ground, and do 300 feet for 300 minutes, and get out in 18 hours? > > > > First of all how far back they went is meaningless. If you are under a > > decompression ceiling it doesnt matter if you are 15' into a jackup leg or > 100 > > miles back in a cave. Direct ascent is impossible so how fucked you would > be > > if soemthing went wrong doesnt make a difference. So they were in a > cave... If > > we removed the overburden could they have made a direct ascent? No? Then > what > > the hell does it matter??? > > > > Secondly 18 hour downtimes or 300' is routine... Small potatoes... > > > > You impress MUCH to easily... Its like saying the Apollo crews were in > more > > danger than the Gemini crews... > > Furthermore - the fact that the WKPP people are doing this for no reason > makes > > them stupid - not brave. Yeah yeah I know what your going to say - > Scientific > > research, groudwater quality etc... All of that can be done by geophysics. > > Between 3D seismic, core drilling, borehole logging, resistivity, sp, and > > magnetics there is NOTHING that WKRP (sic) can contribute that cant be > obtained > > without risking human life. Furthermore - if they were real professionals > > instead of cowboys - they would do the dive in Sat mode using an US > habitat and > > ROV's... > > > > Sorry to diminish your heros but as the saying goes "They Aint Nothing!" > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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