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In response to David Drake's reference to comment
that I had too many "dead friends to care about the hurt
feelings of all you living legends", let me add Bobby
McGuirre , whose funeral was today, to that list. This
was in reference to a call I received from an equipment
manufacturer irate because I would not allow his faulty
gear to be used at our dive site. I suggested that he
check with divers before deciding what would be good
for us.
It would probably be more productive to talk about
what works. The best thing to do, which is what I did
when I started out is two-fold. 1) rent or try different
gear before buying, and 2) look at the guys who are doing
either the dives you want to do, or are serious players
on the theory that they have worked these things out.
For example, if it's cold water diving, check with
the Canadians to see how they keep warm. If it's wreck
diving, check with a guy like Bill Deans whose safety
record and results speak for themselves. If it's chasing
fish in your underwear, check with Rich Pyle. If you want
to shoot the fish, check with Dan Volker. If you then want
to eat them, bring them over to my house.
Seriously, I didn't mean the gear would directly
kill you, I meant that we use certain things and an overall
configuration and method designed to prevent problems. - G
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