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Talk about cross posting! That message must have gone to a dozen mailing lists! Anyway, I just wanted to point out that all these books are worth reading and will even teach you something. Of course you'll have to use your brain, because 99% of what they'll teach you is what not to do. One thing I really like about reading these books, and even Shek Exley's great book is that it really drives home some of the reasoning behind DIR. For example, I'm pretty sure it was in "the last dive" that there is the story of the guy who hooks tons of tools and other crap to his belt. A lot of the stuff is hooked on with suicide clips. He then jumps over the side, by himself, and is found much later snagged in a bunch of wires in a "hole" in the wreck they were diving. Now you see why we dive a balanced rig, don't use suicide clips, and don't dive solo. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying these guys were idiots, although I'm sure some of them were/are. Back then there really was no other way, and people learned as they went along. Someone would get killed, and then most divers would stop doing what they thought killed the guy. Anyway, those books are interesting even from a purely historical perspective. They really show how the rules we now follow have come to be. On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 08:16 AM, Don Burke wrote: > I was in Barnes and Noble the other day and saw a book titled > "Fatal Depth: Deep Sea Diving, China Fever, and the Wreck of the Andrea > Doria" by Joe Haberstroh > > At first glance it looked pretty similar to "Deep Descent" and "The > Last > Dive." > > I have both books and they gave me some insight into why some divers > do what > they do. If you're looking for diving instruction, skip these books. > > Has anyone here read "Fatal Depth"? Before I blow $20 on a knockoff, I > thought I'd ask for some input. > > Thanks, > Don > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.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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