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Look, you asshole ,Andrew tried to do a trip there and the fucking boat would not allow helium and cited Gilliam as the "authority". ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Stitt <seatech@id*.co*> To: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 10:06 PM Subject: Re: And the beat goes on, and on, and on... > What are you implying is "bullshit"? I said the gas can be had in Chuuk for a > price. I'd like to no more details of how JJ got the gas to the Britannic and > Turkey. I'd imagine that a great deal of sponsorhip and "comp" made it possible. > If not, I'm sure that Truk charter operators would be very interested in any > advice JJ could offer them to make helium and therefore trimix commercialy > viable to their customers. If it can be done I'm sure they will do it. In the > meantime the only reason that helium is not available in Chuuk is because it is > cost prohibitive to do so and not because of the big, bad, evil Brett Gilliam > and to imply anything else is "bullshit". > > Trey wrote: > > > bullshit JJ ran a trip to the Britannic and got it there. He ran a tip to > > the mountains of Turkey and got it there. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Scott Stitt <seatech@id*.co*> > > To: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> > > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 7:27 PM > > Subject: Re: And the beat goes on, and on, and on... > > > > > George, I'm no fan of Brett Gilliams either but the absence of helium in > > Truk > > > Lagoon is strictly a matter of logistics not philosophy. I didn't realize > > that > > > there were places as isolated and primitive as Chuuk left in the world. I > > was on > > > the "Truk Agressor's" tek week last spring. (No Brett Gilliam). The cost > > of > > > shipping one K-cylinder of 02 or helium to Chuuk is over $500 U.S. Nitrox > > is > > > available only because the Agressor produces it's own using a membrane > > system. > > > If you can afford it, you can dive trimix in Chuuk. If not, you have to > > choose > > > between doing 'deep' air or not going at all. Most of Truk's 'tek' wrecks > > are in > > > less than 180' of water with most point of interest being in the 150' > > range. > > > Visibility - 200' plus. Water temp. nearly 90F. No current. I went and > > would do > > > so again. I did one dive on destroyer shipwreck 'Oite' to 200'. In > > hindsite I > > > would not do so again. > > > However, I can't imagine anyone in Gilliam's position actually endorsing > > deep > > > air dives to 200-feet. Definately a problem > > > Regards > > > Scott > > > > > > Trey wrote: > > > > > > > John, I think this is the boat that does not ALLOW trimix, and told some > > > > friends of mine that Bret Gillaim said "you do not need trimix to 200 > > feet" > > > > and this fat slob is out there teaching diving and running a "training" > > > > agency. This guy IS the problem in diving right now - the worst > > influence I > > > > have ever seen in any sport ever. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <john.r.strohm@BI*.co*> > > > > To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > > > > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 12:58 PM > > > > Subject: And the beat goes on, and on, and on... > > > > > > > > > Check out the lower half of page 95 of the October 2000 issue of > > Rodale's > > > > > "SCUBA Diving". > > > > > > > > > > This is "An RSD Dive Expedition", to Truk Lagoon, aboard the > > "Odyssey". > > > > > Special features of the trip include "Free training and supervision in > > > > > extended-range diving and decompression techniques (if desired) from > > Bret > > > > > Gilliam, president of Technical Diving International". > > > > > > > > > > Later in the pitch they say they are offering double tanks with > > dual-valve > > > > > isolation manifolds. I guess that's an improvement. When they had > > Mitch > > > > > Skaggs doing it, they were using independent doubles. > > > > > > > > > > Notably absent from the ad is any mention whatsoever of trimix. They > > also > > > > > don't say what deco mixes are available. Previously, they have used > > > > 80/20. > > > > > > > > > > And, if that wasn't enough, and by golly don't you think it ought to > > be, > > > > on > > > > > page 6, in the masthead for the magazine, we find: "Technical Diving > > > > > Editor: Bret Gilliam". > > > > > -- > > > > > 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'. > > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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