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--part1_9.1bb5c0ae.28db909f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jan, Very well said, IMHO. Take care and dive safe, Scott Some weeks it's just not worth the effort to gnaw through the restraints and scramble up out of the pit. In a message dated 9/19/01 1:19:11 PM Central Daylight Time, Jsuw@ao*.co* writes: > Subj: Re: Death of Eric Reichardt, 9/16/01 > Date: 9/19/01 1:19:11 PM Central Daylight Time > From: Jsuw@ao*.co* > Sender: FLTechDiver-owner@mikey.net > To: fltechdiver@mikey.net, techdiver@aquanaut.com > > Too many of you are caught up in the delivery of the message. No one > rejoices when another diver dies. The fact is, however, that this death > was preventable. The diver who died followed many ill-advised practices. > While it was his choice in a free society to do so, his death hurts all of > us. > > It hurts his family, his friends, his dive buddy, the equipment > manufacturer of the equipment he was using, and those of us who want to be > able to access dive sites without restriction in the future. > > If Eric had listened and dived more safely, he would not be a statistic > now. Wake up! There are safer ways of diving. Why choose to take extra, > un-needed risk? > > I live in South Florida. I saw Eric's posts a few months ago, and made the > decision then that I would not knowingly dive on the same boat if he was on > it. I did not know him other than from his posts. I would not dive with > anyone with that attitude. I won't dive with his same ocean buddy either, > or with a number of others I've seen post here at various times. > > Do I lack dive buddies? No. I choose my buddies carefully, especially for > technical and cave dives. > > I want a buddy who will actually be a buddy, that means that we swim or > scooter together. That means they are watching me during the dive, even if > I pause to take a photo. That means I watch them. It means we plan the > dive together and we execute it together. It means they have the right > attitude and the proper equipment. It means we are familiar with each > other's equipment. > > You've heard these things over and over in Trey's posts and in many others. > It is a safer way to dive. Sure, there are no laws that force you to dive > this way, but I notice the death toll keeps adding up on the side of those > who insist on diving solo, and diving using practices I consider unsafe. > > In the interest of preventing your death, consider changing your mind on > these practices and adopting a safer approach. > > Jan --part1_9.1bb5c0ae.28db909f_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Hi Jan, <BR> <BR>Very well said, IMHO. <BR> <BR>Take care and dive safe, Scott <BR> <BR>Some weeks it's just not worth the effort to gnaw through the restraints and scramble up out of the pit. <BR> <BR> <BR>In a message dated 9/19/01 1:19:11 PM Central Daylight Time, Jsuw@ao*.co* writes: <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj: <B>Re: Death of Eric Reichardt, 9/16/01</B> <BR>Date: 9/19/01 1:19:11 PM Central Daylight Time <BR><I>From: Jsuw@ao*.co* <BR>Sender: FLTechDiver-owner@mikey.net <BR>To: fltechdiver@mikey.net, techdiver@aquanaut.com <BR></I> <BR>Too many of you are caught up in the delivery of the message. No one rejoices when another diver dies. The fact is, however, that this death was preventable. The diver who died followed many ill-advised practices. While it was his choice in a free society to do so, his death hurts all of us. <BR> <BR>It hurts his family, his friends, his dive buddy, the equipment manufacturer of the equipment he was using, and those of us who want to be able to access dive sites without restriction in the future. <BR> <BR>If Eric had listened and dived more safely, he would not be a statistic now. Wake up! There are safer ways of diving. Why choose to take extra, un-needed risk? <BR> <BR>I live in South Florida. I saw Eric's posts a few months ago, and made the decision then that I would not knowingly dive on the same boat if he was on it. I did not know him other than from his posts. I would not dive with anyone with that attitude. I won't dive with his same ocean buddy either, or with a number of others I've seen post here at various times. <BR> <BR>Do I lack dive buddies? No. I choose my buddies carefully, especially for technical and cave dives. <BR> <BR>I want a buddy who will actually be a buddy, that means that we swim or scooter together. That means they are watching me during the dive, even if I pause to take a photo. That means I watch them. It means we plan the dive together and we execute it together. It means they have the right attitude and the proper equipment. It means we are familiar with each other's equipment. <BR> <BR>You've heard these things over and over in Trey's posts and in many others. It is a safer way to dive. Sure, there are no laws that force you to dive this way, but I notice the death toll keeps adding up on the side of those who insist on diving solo, and diving using practices I consider unsafe. <BR> <BR>In the interest of preventing your death, consider changing your mind on these practices and adopting a safer approach. <BR> <BR>Jan</FONT></HTML> --part1_9.1bb5c0ae.28db909f_boundary-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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