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Not that i'll have anything meaningful to add to the list for a few more years, but I thought this response from DAN might be of interest. -dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Orr, Dan" <dorr@da*.du*.ed*> To: <gnat@ao*.ne*> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 2:35 PM Subject: Skin Diver - Subaquatic Survivor > > Dear Mr. Whittle: > > Thank you very much for your recent e-mail message concerning Skin Diver > Magazine and their "Subaquatic Survivor". We were unaware until recently > that Skin Diver Magazine was involved in this survivor-style program. We > completely understand your concerns and we assure you that DAN does not, in > any way, endorse or promote this program. > > You have our assurance that we will express directly to the Publisher of > Skin Diver your concerns over their "Subaquatic Survivor". > > Thank you again for your comments and for your continued support of DAN! > > Sincerely, > > Dan Orr > Executive Vice President/COO > Divers Alert Network > > -----Original Message----- > From: gnat@ao*.ne* [mailto:gnat@ao*.ne*] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 4:14 PM > To: dan@di*.or* > Subject: Online Inquiry: General Inquiry > > > From: David Whittle > E-Mail: gnat@ao*.ne* > Phone: > Submitted: 1/11/02 4:13:42 PM > > Hello, > Below is a message I sent to Skin Diver. Since one DANs goals is to > promote diver safety, I would like you to consider your relationship with > Skin Diver. I have yet to see anything in their magazine of interest to me > as I am interested in more than the typical OW vacation diving. But the > last issue and this "Subaquatic Surviour" fall too far into the realm of > bad taste and recklousness to keep quiet. > Personally I would much rather know that the money i'm spending for my > membership and insurance with you is going to making diving (in all its > forms) safer and helpping me should the worst happen than to get a > worthless magazine in my mailbox each month. > > Thanks, > -dave whittle > > Message to Skin Diver > --------------------- > Hello, > I'm a relatively new diver and have a subscription to your magazine > via my DAN membership. My focus in diving is towards Technical and Cave. > As such I have yet to see (though the February edition is only the third > i've gotten) anything in it that I believe pertains to me, but understand > that I do not fit your target audience and therefore have no objections in > that respect. I have however seen two things from your magazine in the > last two days that outright disgust me. > The first is the February edition with the "wetsuit" article. Based on > the pictures and layout that was chosen I think it was just shy of needing > to be limited to adults. I understand that "sex sells" but you were > presenting an article that was supposed to help people in choosing their > wetsuits and, to me, it came off as complete tripe. > The second issue is this "Subaquatic Survivor" stunt. As mentioned > above I am working on becoming a Technical and Cave diver. Over the last > 10 months or so, even before gaining my OW cert, I have been doing > extensive research on the fields that i'm interested in and the ones I > will have to go through to get there. The overriding point that I have > found is that experience is everything in all forms of diving. As much as > I would love to cram all the courses I need into a few short weeks as you > are suggesting with this plan, I realistically know that there is no safe > way to take divers at my level (just cert level and logged dives) (because > your requirements aren't much higher than what I already have, i'm short > on the dives) and progress them to the extreme levels in such a short > manner. In all the accident (fatal and non) that I have read the majority > have been caused by people that breezed through classes to get the certs > they needed, but failed to get the practical experience between cert > levels. That your primary audience is comprised of the OW vacation divers > and you promote this trip with comments like "Want to brag to your buddies > on your next dive trip about how you have been there and done that" is > down right dangerous. Ego is NOT the reason to get into Technical diving, > and it will get you killed because you will neglect the simple basic > things in a rush to do it faster/longer/deeper (it has been proven time > and again). > Because I get your magazine via my DAN membership I am also forwarding > a copy of this email to them to urge them to break their ties with your > magazine until you practice less reckless behaviors. > > Sincerely, > David Whittle > ########################################### > > This message has been scanned for viruses. > Visit DAN @ http://www.DiversAlertNetwork.org > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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