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Speaking as an obese diver who has dove shallow wrecks (<100ft, such as the Washingtonian) and who wants to progress into wreck/tech diving ... I"m concerned lest my size will brand me permanently "unfit". How would the techdiver standard be written? Height and weight tables? Running/jogging time "points" scoring like the Army fitness tests? Or will it be based on one's ability and stamina in the water? Am glad I got a membership in an indoor pool next door to my office ...! (And I hope swimming a mile three times a week will be enough to count!) At 08:35 AM 2/27/98 EST, Hank (GarlooEnt@ao*.co*) wrote: >dan >...the judges remarks were quite interesting > > he quoted a statement from the Idaho law review in his decision > > "a venturesome minority will always be eager to get off > on there own, and no obsticles should be placed > in there path; let them take risks, for godsake, let > them get lost,sunburnt,stranded,drowned,eaten by > bears,buried alive under avalanches. > --that is the right and privilege of any free amewrican." > >the wreck was the monitor the decision allowed Gary Gentile to defeat the >federal governments attempt to control the way & where we dive. i find it >intersting that you seem to think it's okay to control what people do using >what you and some others find as "appropriate'' rule of behavior. > >just a few cents fro the sidelines >hank >In a message dated 98-02-25 12:32:01 EST, Dan Volker wrote: > ><< Subj: Re: Divers Supply, IANTD, Tom Mount and tragic technicaldiving > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Zimmerman <zimmmt@au*.al*.co*> > To: techdiver <techdiver@aq*.co*> .... > >> apparently tried to go back down to save Andre, who was NOT fit.). You > may > >> feel its the right of an obese diver without aerobic fitness to dive > deep.... > >Who are YOU to decide what risk level is too much. The risk of divers > >in general is EXPONENTIALLY GREATER than those who stay on land to > >play golf. Should someone come along and tell us we can't dive > >at all? Or should we be grown-ups and let those involved decide > >what risk level they choose to assume? > Mike, > All I'm really doing is adding one more training aspect to the > certification. ... All > I want to do is add a fitness standard to the skill set that must be > completed. Anyone willing to "train" to become a tech diver, should be able > to accomplish the minimum fitness standards, if they want to tech dive bad > enough. The ONLY divers that will get excluded, are the horrible fat slobs > with zero aerobics, no will power to fitness train for their goal, and the > ones that smoke several packs of cigarettes or ounces of pot daily....
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