On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:18:58 +1000, David Strike <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
<big snip of the kiwi shears>
>Hold on a minute!  I'm as disappointed that JJ wasn't there as anyone.  But
>I still wanted to hear people like Dr Simon Mitchell talk about advances in
>the study of DCS;  Neil Vincent's presaentation on McCavity Cave; The RB
>workshops that included the Inspiration and the Halcyon amongst others; ;
>the deep wreck explorations taking place in Australia;  Olivier Isler - the
>Swiss solo cave diver - and his RB2000 machine;  Developments in
>decompression theory; Andrew Wight on some of the 'toys' that they get to
>play with during filming; Nuno Gomez.  talking about exploring the
>underwater caves in Namibia; new tech diving services in Truk and Bikini
>Atoll and more..

Yes, Simon Mitchell is a very interesting man! No one slept through any of
his presentations at the SPUMS meeting I attended in Fiji. He's the emcee
for the NZ UW photographic competition this year .. should be quite an
entertaining event :-)

And, not to forget Neil Vincent .. the man's photography is out of this
world. His wife Lyn doesnt do a bad job either :-)

But the speaker that really, really caught my attention is Olivier Isler.
Favouring solo diving myself I would have loved hearing how he lugs those 3
rebreathers around during solo cave dives. Does he have the build of the
incredible hulk or wot?  Details! Details Mate :-))

Viv