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>>> this has been proved by the CDAA which has eliminated cave diving deaths >>> in Australia since its inception in 1974, >> >>No deaths since 1974? Do you have any statistics on the number of people >>trained by the CDAA, how frequently they dive, and what type of diving >>they do (depth, gas, distance, vis, etc)? >> >>Devon >> >Actually there was a dual death in about 1984, this involved a certified >.... >slot, out of the light zone. I didn't count this one when I said no deaths >as one diver was not CDAA trained and the other was breaking most CDAA rules. Fair enough but then you say >diving, and this system works fairly well. CDAA sanctions only air diving >with a recommended depth limit of 40 metres although one can presume this >depth recommendation is regularly ignored as there are many sites 50-60 >metres. There are only three known sites so far with depths in the 80-100? So there are very few CDAA divers by these criteria? /Rat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ shelps@ac*.ma*.ad*.ed*.au* Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew. DICKENS, CHARLES 1812-1870 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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