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Al, > as far as helium on truk, im still waiting for > somebody to tell me how they join > two pieces of metal on this island. It's Truk! The only metal on Truk is found on the bottom of the lagoon!! --- ajmarve@ba*.ne* wrote: > Trey, > > I think you should also point out to this guy that > JJ was actually on a film > shoot, where he was called in professionally and > did'nt buy his way onto the > wrek. > > and they called him in because they wanted useable > film of the wrek, and not > some useless footage of sand or some deep air morons > narced thumb on the lens.. > > as far as helium on truk, im still waiting for > somebody to tell me how they join > two pieces of metal on this island. > > Al Marvelli > > Trey wrote: > > > 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'. > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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