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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C0D781.0C7C4E40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike, this is what the dive industry teaches and preaches " good on air", and "depth" - two very important things in the tiny little mind of the strokes who teach diving, and the agencies they work for. Now, even PADI. Three of these agencies have "deep air record holders" as their presidents: Mouth at IANTD ( whom we have all heard tell students that his "personal comfort level on air is 200 feet", Gilliam at TDI who broadcasts his love for deep air, and that drooling idiot Hal Watts at PSA . Tolerance of stroke thinking in any form is unacceptable to me. I treat them all like the cockroaches that they are, and if everyone else did the same, it would eventually become stigmatic to be a moron. Mike, I would love to dive that bank again, but I can not fly out to help you and Johnny Walker due to work. If you find that guy at all, the sharks are going to have eaten him anyway. -----Original Message----- From: MHK [mailto:mhkane@pr*.ne*] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:13 PM To: quest@gu*.co* Cc: aquanaut Subject: Deep air fatality in SoCal John Walker and I are doing a body recovery tomorrow from yet another deep air fatality.. Facts are reported to me by the USCG.. Two guys on a private boat go to Farnsworth bank ( backside of Catalina). The plan was for diver 1 to dive first while diver 2 stays topside to watch the boat.. Diver 1 dives to 260' solo on air, when he get's to 10' diver 2 gets into the water. Diver 2's profile was planned 280', on air, solo and NO deco gas.. On top of that he brought his video camera.. After diver one gets on the boat he doesn't see any bubbles and tries to call the USCG but the radio doesn't work. He later flags down another boat and the USCG responds.. BTW, these guys were trimix certified but chose to do this dive on air.. I spoke earlier today with the parents of this 39 year old guy and next time anyone tries to defend this kind of idiocy I'll have them call the parents of this guy and let them hear the pain in their voice... Later ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C0D781.0C7C4E40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN = class=3D530462609-08052001>Mike,=20 this is what the dive industry teaches and preaches " good on air", and = "depth"=20 - two very important things in the tiny little mind of the strokes who = teach=20 diving, and the agencies they work for. Now, even PADI. = </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D530462609-08052001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN = class=3D530462609-08052001>Three=20 of these agencies have "deep air record holders" as their presidents: = Mouth at=20 IANTD ( whom we have all heard tell students that his "personal comfort = level on=20 air is 200 feet", Gilliam at TDI who broadcasts his love for deep air, = and that=20 drooling idiot Hal Watts at PSA . </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D530462609-08052001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D530462609-08052001>Tolerance of stroke thinking in any form is=20 unacceptable to me. I treat them all like the cockroaches that they are, = and if=20 everyone else did the same, it would eventually become stigmatic to be a = moron.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D530462609-08052001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN = class=3D530462609-08052001>Mike,=20 I would love to dive that bank again, but I can not fly out to help you = and=20 Johnny Walker due to work. If you find that guy at all, the sharks are = going to=20 have eaten him anyway. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN=20 class=3D530462609-08052001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV align=3Dleft class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr><FONT = face=3DTahoma=20 size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> MHK=20 [mailto:mhkane@pr*.ne*]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 07, 2001 9:13=20 PM<BR><B>To:</B> quest@gu*.co*<BR><B>Cc:</B> = aquanaut<BR><B>Subject:</B> Deep=20 air fatality in SoCal<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John Walker and I are doing a body = recovery=20 tomorrow from yet another deep air fatality..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Facts are reported to me by the=20 USCG..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Two guys on a private boat go to = Farnsworth bank=20 ( backside of Catalina). The plan was for diver 1 to dive first = while=20 diver 2 stays topside to watch the boat..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Diver 1 dives to 260' solo on air, = when he get's=20 to 10' diver 2 gets into the water.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Diver 2's profile was planned 280', = on air, solo=20 and NO deco gas.. On top of that he brought his video=20 camera..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>After diver one gets on the boat he = doesn't see=20 any bubbles and tries to call the USCG but the radio doesn't = work. He=20 later flags down another boat and the USCG responds.. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>BTW, these guys were trimix certified = but chose=20 to do this dive on air.. I spoke earlier today with the parents = of this=20 39 year old guy and next time anyone tries to defend this kind of = idiocy I'll=20 have them call the parents of this guy and let them hear the pain in = their=20 voice...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Later</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C0D781.0C7C4E40-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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