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On Thu, 11 May 1995, EE Atikkan  wrote:

> From your writing it is hard to imagine that U are associated w/ & R a 
> experienced cave diver, for that matter diver.
> 
> Different diving environments, different complexities and changing 
> conditions are the essence.  
> 
> First, before portraying wreck divers in any particular way, what type 
> of wrecks are we talking about.  Is this a dive on an cleaned up 
> artificial reef in warm tropical waters, no current, hi viz.  Or is it 
> an upside down wreck @ 170+ feet, in cold dark silt prone waters where 
> viz on a good day is 10 ft.   It is best to define that.  Then what 
> type of wreck diving are we talking about.  A bounce on the Andrea 
> Doria is not as complex as penetrating the San Diego.  So questions 
> that come to mind, that have to be planned and accounted for are 
> obviously less than trivial.  Deep, dark, shallow, penetration, intact, 
> broken up, where?, how much monofilament?, how about nets?, jump 
> overs?,etc.  Then there is the issue of finding the anchor line or 
> using up lines, deco stops, that is many aspects that are shared with 
> other forms of 'beyond rec divng', but all that have to be dealt in 
> manners suitable for that particular environment.
> 
> Just like F-15 pilots need cockpit training if & when they switch 
> machines, to a different aircraft, say F-16, the basic training not 
> withstanding, some tutelage in wreck diving techniques for wreck diving 
> that is not a tourist's jaunt on an artificial reef, is important, 
> irrespective of your background.
> 
> Obviously your appreciation of wreck diving is nil.  Maybe with that 
> attitude, you should begin by touring the outside of an artificial reef 
> at 25 ft.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Esat Atikkan  

  If I were to concede that this discipline calls for additional 
professional training, which I am not ready to do yet, what agency would 
best serve that purpose and what would be covered.  Perhaps we would 
start with the use of salvage tools and cutting monofilament line on the 
25ft reef dive which Mr. Atikkan  suggested.  

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