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I completely agree with your sentiments! On Tue, 25 Jul 1995, Steve Lewis wrote: > A couple of comments in response to a posting about an interview with > Gilliam. The poster said Gilliam was glorifying diving on deep air. I do > not know Gilliam very well, but I do know he's not on the Net, so he > can't comment. But here's my take on the situation. > > I believe he thinks most/perhaps all the weenies going for the record > are crazy...by the way, weenies is my term, crazy is his. When the most > recent incident took place in Florida...you remember the one that > sparked all the interest here in this list...I spoke with him on the > following Monday and I seem to recall he was dismayed that someone would > attempt such a thing without a great deal of preparation, and he > mentioned that "a whole bunch of us tried to tell him he was stupid to > try it." I have not read the article, but as an ex-magazine editor I can > tell you that what you say during an interview often takes on a very > different tone once it's committed to the printed page...and that's if > it's actually written down accurately! > > I admit to liking Gilliam, I think he's a decent guy who tried something > crazy and lived to talk about it. And I know he is intellegent enough to > realize the particular physiological peculiarity that allowed him to > walk away from that dive is a freak of nature....I just can't see him > glorifying diving deep on air....and I know that sounds bizzare...but > that's my opinion. > > Now I gotta go and get a copy of the magazine to see how far I just > stuck my neck out. > > And I guess I should admit some conflict here...I'm a TDI instructor by > choice! > > Take care, stay loose, enjoy the divings > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Internet: steve.lewis@pr*.or* (Steve Lewis) > This message lovingly processed in beautiful Muskoka, Ontario, Canada by: > PrimeTime BBS - (705)689-1757 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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