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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 03:08:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Paul W. Smith" <afn20573@fr*.uf*.ed*>
To: Frank Deutschmann <fhd@in*.ne*>
cc: techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: Was he a Fool??
On Fri, 14 Jul 1995, Frank Deutschmann wrote:
 But where
> do we draw the line?  For me, it will always be a subjective judgement call:
 
Why do some people feel it is their obligation to make a "judgement call"
on anyone who tries to set a record? Think about it- there is no logic 
behind it, just an emotional attack on something that someone dislikes.

These people died doing what they love, something that most of say we
would like to do.

>  I wish Exley was still here to comment.

     "There is no limit. We'll always find a way to go deeper and deeper.
That's been the pattern all along. Ten years from now, twenty years from 
now, people will be doing things we've never dreamed of. And I see no
reason for it to change." Sheck Exley  ca. 1991

> fhd@in*.ne* | Sure there is a chance I might be killed.  But in exchange,
>   1 212 559 5534  | I have such a powerful sense of being alive.              
>   1 917 992 2248  |        -- Bruno Gouvy on snowboarding                     
>   1 718 746 7061  | (Died during an extreme snowboarding descent of Chamonix.)

                    Think about it- don't people have the right to follow
           	    their need to live life fully?
	 
Peace and Freedom, Paul
PS not trying to pick on you, Frank, your letter is just a good framework.

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