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--part1_1c6.c9695a2.2c430e1d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bruce You do have a point. I have gotten after some of these people for their rigid parochialism but the basic message is correct. I have been at this sport since the 60s, the equipment has gotten much better but the divers and training has not. Generally speaking, the average diver is over equipped, under trained and under experienced. We have people here in South Florida, diving who can't even swim and they want to take a " tech " course after 10 dives ! DIR/GUE is attempting to correct this in their own way. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Glean what you can use from these threads and bypass the rest. This latest issue with rebreathers has been going on for a while. As one of the most accomplished rebreather divers around, George Irvine is right when he cautions to stay the hell away from them unless you have a specific need. They are dangerous and will kill you quickly, particularly the electronic ones. People who deny this and claim they are business as usual are idiots in my mind and deserve the abuse. I learned long ago in flying and diving, you cannot protect people from themselves. No matter how loud you scream, they are going to do what they are going to do! Regards, John Schachleiter --part1_1c6.c9695a2.2c430e1d_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Bruce<BR> You do have a point. I have gotten after some of these people for their rigi= d parochialism but the basic message is correct. I have been at this sport s= ince the 60s, the equipment has gotten much better but the divers and traini= ng has not. Generally speaking, the average diver is over equipped, under tr= ained and under experienced. We have people here in South Florida, diving wh= o can't even swim and they want to take a " tech " course after 10 dives !&n= bsp; DIR/GUE is attempting to correct this in their own way. Don't throw the= baby out with the bath water. Glean what you can use from these threads and= bypass the rest. This latest issue with rebreathers has been going on for a= while. As one of the most accomplished rebreather divers around, George Irv= ine is right when he cautions to stay the hell away from them unless you hav= e a specific need. They are dangerous and will kill you quickly, particularl= y the electronic ones. People who deny this and claim they are business as u= sual are idiots in my mind and deserve the abuse. I learned long ago in flyi= ng and diving, you cannot protect people from themselves. No matter how loud= you scream, they are going to do what they are going to do!<BR> Regards,<BR> John Schachleiter</FONT></HTML> --part1_1c6.c9695a2.2c430e1d_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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