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--part1_128.eefee02.29d5407c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Karla, Should any potential cave diving student ask this kind of question, or any other question that I (possibly but not often incorrectly) interpret to be a request of the form "convince me why I should consider cave diving," my answer is always the same. "I can't think of a single thing that would ever make me want to dive in a deep, dark, possibly cold, water filled hole in the ground. I really don't know what the attraction is. I'm just nuts, I guess. If you ever figure it out, then I'll be glad to discuss it with you." I will often do my best to talk students out of cave diving unless, in my opinion, they posses the attitude, maturity, curiosity and diving skills necessary to do the diving sanely and safely. And only then if they already have a driving desire to see the underground world. I teach cave diving, I don't convince divers that this is something they ought to try. Fortunately, I don't depend on the income from teaching diving for my standard of living. 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 3/28/02 1:53:31 PM Central Standard Time, Dogtrner1@ao*.co* writes: > << ... Tell me why you love cave diving? > > Later > Karla >> --part1_128.eefee02.29d5407c_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Hi Karla,<BR> <BR> Should any potential cave diving student ask this kind of question, or any other question that I (possibly but not often incorrectly) interpret to be a request of the form "convince me why I should consider cave diving," my answer is always the same. "I can't think of a single thing that would ever make me want to dive in a deep, dark, possibly cold, water filled hole in the ground. I really don't know what the attraction is. I'm just nuts, I guess. If you ever figure it out, then I'll be glad to discuss it with you."<BR> <BR> I will often do my best to talk students out of cave diving unless, in my opinion, they posses the attitude, maturity, curiosity and diving skills necessary to do the diving sanely and safely. And only then if they already have a driving desire to see the underground world.<BR> <BR> I teach cave diving, I don't convince divers that this is something they ought to try. Fortunately, I don't depend on the income from teaching diving for my standard of living.<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> <BR> In a message dated 3/28/02 1:53:31 PM Central Standard Time, Dogtrner1@ao*.co* writes:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><< ... Tell me why you love cave diving? <BR> <BR> Later <BR> Karla >></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="arial" LANG="0"> </FONT></HTML> --part1_128.eefee02.29d5407c_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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