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Zambeck, did they have this is Dr Zuess format for you? I see you damn near put together two complete sentences. Give my compliments to the staff up there for that one. Now hopefully they will put the four-points back on you and tuck you in for the night. -----Original Message----- From: gzambeck1 [mailto:gzambeck1@me*.ne*] Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 11:43 AM To: CaptnDale@ao*.co* Cc: Steven.Schultz@sp*.gc*.ca*; laocoon@et*.or*; techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: Re: Ice diving Read Beneath the Crystal Ceiling by Todd Smith. Best book on Ice diving that I've read. Greg Z. CaptnDale@ao*.co* wrote: > In a message dated 10/21/00 9:29:34 PM EST, Trimixjoe writes: > > << If you ask the typical ice diving instructor (Being Ice Diving Instructor > Certified Myself) how to ice dive and what is the proper equipment to use for > ice diving, he/she will have you rigged for bungy jumping. Ice diving has had > very little written on the subject, and the procedures that are being used > today are limiting which are set up for nit-wit divers. As Instructors we not > allowed to step outside the standards it would be a violation. There are > better ways of ice diving then being used by the training agencies today and > it can help those already certified in ice diving to discuss over the > Internet better procedures, and equipment. >> > > I agree that some of the prodedures being recommended by the agencies are > stupid but I do not think they are dangerous. Unfortunately, some of the > prodeedures being recommended on the internet by persons who, obviously, have > little or no experience in this type of diving have the potential to create > dangerous situations. My point is that not everyone who posts in this forum > has a clue. Cave diving does not equal ice diving. If an instructor does > not think that he can adequately train his students within the standards of > his agency, he is bound, ethically, to go outside those standards. He needs > to exceed those standards, teach an unsanctioned course or find a different > agency. I repeat, if you want to learn to ice dive find an instructor you > trust who actually is an ice diver. > > Safe diving, > Dale > -- > 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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