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Got the "details"- they want you to pay $2500 US in addition to your own transport, meals, gas, and equipment. Then, you can get kicked out "Survivor" style anywhere along the way! Wendell THE MAKING OF AN EXPEDITION SUB-AQUATIC SURVIVOR 2002 Sponsored by Skin Diver Magazine & SCUBA Radio Ever wonder what it takes? Did you ever want to be the guy who was there instead of the guy watching it on a computer screen or reading it in a magazine? Do you have what it takes? Here is your chance to find out. Mission To conduct a cursory structural survey and photographic survey of a deep water shipwreck of historical importance To acquire a journalistic record of the team training and the conduct of a technical expedition for deep water diving projects Objective A shipwreck of historical significance Sunk in 200 to 280 fsw of warm, tropical water near the Florida Keys Vessel identity and historical details will be revealed to surviving expedition members and then in the pages of Skin Diver magazine Participants Potentially YOU Skin Diver and the instructional team will select 18 qualified candidates from a random lottery to participate in this expedition Qualified divers must have 75 logged dives, advanced open water certification, and basic Nitrox certification or higher level certifications Applicants must submit a medical clearance and be fit for technical diving as certified by a qualified health care provider Participants must be prepared to accept the terms and conditions dictated by Skin Diver for participation in this expedition Participants must sign a release allowing use of their names, their image in photographs published by the magazine and the use of certain quotes solicited for publication purposes. Training and Conduct Expedition will take place in three phases Phase One Four days of intensive training in Advanced Nitrox with Decompression Procedures and Extended Range diving at Forty Fathom Grotto in Ocala, Florida. Successful candidates will receive certification at the Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures levels. Phase Two Twelve divers selected from Phase One will move forward to Phase Two training completing Extended Range and Advanced TRIMIX. This training will be completed on the deep wrecks of South Florida in water depths between 150 and 300 fsw. Diving operations will be based out of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Phase Three Actual expedition dives completed by the six remaining divers and conducted from survive to find out or stay home and read about it. Selection Process At each phase of the operation, six divers will be eliminated, survivor style, from the Expedition. Instructional staff will evaluate divers on the ability to complete training, plan the dives, and on the quality of their water skills. Diving participants will vote to remove members of the team based on their evaluation of the team members contribution, his or her ability to work as part of the team, and ability to complete the dives in question. Six of the original eighteen divers will be selected for the final expedition. Scheduling Welcome Reception and Orientation: March 14, 2002 at 6:00 PM at Forty Fathom Grotto, Ocala, Florida Phase One training will be from March 15, 2002 to March 18, 2002. Phase Two training, for those who survive will be based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and conducted over a four-day weekend, April 11 thru 14. Support facility will be Southeast Oceanic Services. Phase Three: Dates and locations to be announced. If, you survive. Survivors should plan five business days for the actual expedition. Photography World-class photojournalist and technical diver Bret Gilliam will do official underwater photography. Some survivors of the selection process may be assigned additional photographic duties for the Expedition. Primary Expedition Staff Group Leader Mike Ange. Experienced Advanced TRIMIX and Advanced Wreck instructor trainer, certified advanced diver medic, author of diving text and numerous articles, and veteran of several expedition dive projects including 2 to the U.S.S. Monitor National historic site. Diving Safety Officer and Selection Process Supervisor, Joe Odom. Experienced Advanced TRIMIX and Advanced Wreck instructor trainer, author of numerous diving textbooks and articles and a veteran of several photographic expeditions focusing on large marine mammals and sharks. Diving Safety Officer and Dive Site Supervisor, Mike Bourne. Advanced TRIMIX and Advanced Wreck instructor trainer and senior instructor trainer for Emergency Response Diving. Equipment Divers will require at Phase One: Extended Range diving equipment which includes all regular diving gear, twin cylinders, a dual bladder technical harness style BCD, two high performance regulators, a wreck reel, a decompression marker lift bag, a stage bottle of at least 40 cu. Ft., two cutting instruments (a knife, suitable shears, or a Z-knife), a personal dive light, two dive timing devices, two depth gauges suitable for depths to 300 fsw, and one Nitrox cleaned decompression regulator. At Phase Two, divers will require an additional stage bottle and an additional regulator for decompression compatible with Nitrox mixtures up to 40%. Some equipment sponsorships from manufacturers are anticipated but participants should expect to provide some of their own equipment. Individuals entering the selection pool will receive further details. Cost Selected participants will incur a cost of $2500 for training, charter fees, and certification fees. A deposit of $500.00 is required immediately upon acceptance of your application Travel expenses and lodging at all sites are the responsibility of the participant. Group hotel rates will be made available to the participants. Participants will pay for their gas fills at bulk rates. Meals and other incidental expenses are the responsibility of the participant. Further Information Applicants will receive more details if applications are accepted. Questions or concerns can be addressed to mike@se*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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