Great hobby!  But I can imagine the logisitcs nightmare.  Better you than me
on that one. Oh well, I will continue to be jealous of you guys.

D Burnworth
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trey" <girvine@be*.ne*>
To: "David M. Burnworth" <xlh883@ea*.ne*>; <trey@ne*.co*>;
"Techdiver@Aquanaut. Com" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; <quest@gu*.co*>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 4:15 AM
Subject: RE: New European Record at Doux de Coly by WKPP divers


>
> Not a full time job, a hobby. The management of the Project is broken up
> into several areas with a person responsible for each. Casey McKinlay is
the
> Project Coordinator. He actually runs the WKPP. Jarrod and I are more and
> more just concentrating on the dives.
>
> We figure out what dives we want to do and then Casey gives me a list of
> divers. JJ and I then decide how to run it based on that and the
objective.
> We run several set up and cleanup teams as well as a rotating support crew
> for each area. Bottles and scooters are taken in to certain drop points
and
> left for us to pick up. We pull all of the gear to be removed back to
within
> one mile of the entrance on the way out, and another team goes in to get
it.
> We run all of these dives sequentially, and some of them concurrently. If
> there is a problem with another team, JJ and I just pick up the gear where
> it is left and move on. If there is a problem on the way out for the clean
> up team, we send another team then or the next day.
>
> We have a pretty "deep bench" when it comes to this, with the big problem
> being the expense and getting the time to do it. I love doing this , but
it
> is a lot of work. However, it all is worth it when we get the whole team
> together and execute one of these and then go have dinner and hang out.
You
> just would not believe the orchestration of one of these events. The
> logistics are overwhelming, and the teamwork unbelievable.
>
> Maybe people think that JJ and I are getting all the fun while everyone
else
> is doing all the work. The real story is that nobody else wants to do what
> JJ and I do once they get to the point where they would be capable of
doing
> it, for one reason or the other. However, they are all doing what they
want
> to do for the most part, and we have a steady stream of people learning
and
> progressing up the line. You would be amazed at how many divers we go
> through who never make it that far, and then you would really be awed at
the
> stamina, skill and capabilities of those who have made it , set their own
> limits and have been on this team a long time enjoying the diving.
>
> I fell into it by taking my cavern course from Alton Hall who was a law
> student at the time and a WKPP diver. He sent me to Parker Turner who was
PD
> at the time. Parker and I got to be good friends and I got moved up the
line
> fast due to others quitting and started diving with Bill Gavin. Gavin took
> over as PD when Parker died and then turned it over to me when he had to
> devote his full attention to the Navy's MK19 rebreather program. JJ ,
Casey
> and I built up the team from there and trained everyone. Now those we
> trained carry the ball.
>


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