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I personally could care less who the applicants are, if not "well known" then you are just asking for even more stress which could lead to an accident. -----Original Message----- From: "Capt JT"<captjt@mi*.co*> To: "terry michael"<OEA51@go*.co*>, "techdiver"<techdiver@aquanaut.com> Date: Sun Sep 30 19:02:08 PDT 2001 Subject: Re: Number of logged dives >Terry, first, you don't even know who the applicants were/are, I have not >ever disclosed that info. Dave and Jim have seen some because I like to >prove I'm right to those around me sometimes, but even they don't see them >all. Second, how do you know or don't know what I do to evaluate divers >skills. Here let me give you a clue, most of the guys who really can do the >dives are well known, it is a small circle of divers that do it and just >having completed a class doesn't cut it. No one gets on my trips unless I >know you or someone I know puts their NECK out for you. > >I am not talking about all VBtech trips, I am talking about the trips that >I put together. These are usually extreme in depth (beyond 300ft) or some >other risk like the inside of the "Marine Electric" or the Doria trips. > >Dave handles most of the other trips. That may be expanded next year so >some of the other guys can feel the stress of handling the trips. > >Sure I would like to see everyone dive a shallow wreck first, but that's >not always possible. > >At 05:34 PM 9/30/01 -0700, terry michael wrote: >>I disagree the best way in my opinion to sort these guys out is shallow >>wreck to test skill level. Also make them plan some dives along with the >>contingences. You'll find many of your deep wreck applicants don't >>understand the basics and are a clusterf*ck in the water, even if they do >>have all the right equipment. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: "Capt JT"<captjt@mi*.co*> >>To: "The McLeods"<rmmacleod@ac*.ca*>, >>"techdiver"<techdiver@aquanaut.com> >>Date: Sat Sep 29 18:18:46 PDT 2001 >>Subject: Re: Number of logged dives >> >> >Randy, I have rejected many divers request to do the deep wrecks with me, >> >not based on the logged number of dives they "say" they have, but the way >> >they say it, in a matter of just a few emails I can pick out the lairs or >> >losers most of the time. If I ask for a reference, you better have a good >> >one. I have a list of emails I have saved from divers wanting to go on >> >trips with me and I denied them access and saw later that they were injured >> >or died on a dive, I can almost always pick them out. >> > >> > At 08:21 PM 9/22/01 -0300, The McLeods wrote: >> >>Hi JT,I know you can't be serious about dive number's.400 ocean dives in >> >>the caribean mean's jack shit!The number of dives,or exagerated figures >> >>most guy's throw around mean's nothing.The quality of the >> >>dives,condition's experieced,skills of the people you dive with and many >> >>other factor's seperate the real diver's from wannabees.Regards Randy >> > >> >"You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the >> >water" >> >Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more >> > Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ >> >Email captjt@mi*.co* >> > >> >> >>___________________________________________________ >>GO.com Mail >>Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com > >"You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the >water" >Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more > Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ >Email captjt@mi*.co* > > >-- >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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