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Where they also trained open water in a cave? -----Original Message----- From: "Andrezão"<andre@me*.co*> To: "terry michael"<OEA51@go*.co*> Date: Thu Aug 02 13:25:05 PDT 2001 Subject: Re: cement pig! >By the way, wasn't a few years ago when three open water divers entered in a >cavern in North Florida and just one returned, but his air was also >finished? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "terry michael" <OEA51@go*.co*> >To: "Charles Ayash" <cagraphics@mi*.co*> >Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> >Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:59 PM >Subject: cement pig! > > >So, open water training may include a tour of the "cavern zone" in North >Florida? Then right after the course it's OK for the instructor to take them >over to this place Royal springs, issue them a light and then cut them >loose?? How far in did they get. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Charles Ayash"<cagraphics@mi*.co*> >To: "terry michael"<OEA51@go*.co*> >Date: Thu Aug 02 06:56:09 PDT 2001 >Subject: Re: cement pig > >>I was at Ginnie last Saturday and there were a group of about 8 >>divers in the Devils Spring run. >> >>None had lights and I am guessing that they were just playing in the Run >>and the basin of the Ear. >> >>Prior to becoming Cave Certified I would do the same dive and also >>scuba downstream back to Ginnie Spring. >> >>Ginnie Cavern is also a favorite for OW instructors. >> >>A OW Diver is allowed a light at Ginnie Cavern but if shows up at the >Devils >>then Security will turn them back. >> >>I hope this reply is not off base on the subject. >> >>Charlie >> >>At 04:02 AM 8/2/2001 -0700, you wrote: >>>Yes, I think that was the one. So what's the deal are open water students >>getting certified open water doing dives in the overhead at Genie springs >>camping grounds? If so is that a contributory factor in these deaths? >>> >>>Or where these people just committing suicide? >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: "David E. Smith"<dsmith218@ho*.co*> >>>To: "terry michael"<OEA51@go*.co*> >>>Date: Wed Aug 01 19:07:49 PDT 2001 >>>Subject: Re: cement pig >>> >>>>The story about the divers (and the pig) sounds like Royal Springs. >>>> >>>>dsmith218@ho*.co* >>>>ICQ# 25409809 >>>> >>>>Moderation is for the poor, and the healthy...of which I am neither. - >>>>Polver >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: terry michael [mailto:OEA51@go*.co*] >>>>Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:00 AM >>>>To: techdiver@aquanaut.com >>>>Subject: cement pig >>>> >>>> >>>>I was reading this article in the NSS journal about a tragic cave >fatality >>>>involving two freshly certified OW divers who got killed on their very >first >>>>"real dive" and then had to be recovered. According to the article the >>>>instructor invited them along to retrieve a cement pig, from a spring in >>>>north Florida. They were apparently given one light and then preceded to >>>>swim into the cave and got lost and killed. The instructor that just >>>>certified them over at called Genie Springs was at the site at the time >but >>>>was busy with another diver who was having trouble equalizing his ears. >The >>>>other two must have decided to explore the cavern at some point with the >>>>single light between them. So my question is this: do the instructors >take >>>>the OW students into the overhead during the open water course at Genie >>>>Springs camping resort? If so how does that work? Just curious. >>>>Thanx >>>> >>>> >>>>___________________________________________________ >>>>GO.com Mail >>>>Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com >>>> >>>> >>>>-- >>>>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>>>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.. >>>> >>> >>> >>>___________________________________________________ >>>GO.com Mail >>>Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >>> >> > > >___________________________________________________ >GO.com Mail >Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.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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