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Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 15:29:09 -0400
To: "The McLeods" <rmmacleod@ac*.ca*>
From: Rodriguez <mikey@ma*.co*>
Subject: Re:cement pig
Cc: "techdiver" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
At 09:03 AM 8/3/2001 -0300, The McLeods wrote:

Hello Randy,

>Hi Jim,I agree there should be more control over these cavern area's for
>newer diver's.I will admit I was at Ginnie once when I was an open water
>weenie.I found the cavern very safe line out gated off and exit visible at
>most times.I don't know about the other's,but this experience really stoked
>my interest in cave diving without having to take an expensive course.Common
>sense should prevail in these location's

The problem with your position is that, while open water divers are
generally safe in the Ginnie cavern, allowing them ready access there
desensitizes them to the potential dangers.  This is often what leads
them to enter caverns and caves elsewhere (like Royal Springs) expecting
similar conditions.

Better, I think, to tell open water divers they should *never* enter
any cavern, not even the Ginnie cavern, until they've been through
the training.

-Mike Rodriguez
<mikey@mi*.ne*>
http://www.mikey.net/scuba
Pn(x) = (1/(2^n)n!)[d/dx]^n(x^2 - 1)^n

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