On 29 Nov 2001 at 10:48, David Strike wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:38:51 -0500, Viv (aka Krazy Kiwi) wrote:
>
> > Yes folks .. she's upright & open to divers. I am posting Strike's
> > trip report (with permission) on this list as I will not have the
> > time to write up a trip report myself today. Well .. other than
> > adding in a few bits & pieces of my own if need be ;-)
>
> That forced me to re-subscribe! :-)

Cool. Now if Lee will shut the fuck up, maybe we can keep it this
way. :-)


>
> (snip)
> > >The Navy had declined to do the clearances because of other
> > >committments. (I'll post more about that later.)
>
> Because the Navy weren't able to do the clearances and check the wreck
> for unexploded ordnance, the organisers turned elsewhere!

Really? Ya'll got some civilian EOD guys around. ;-)


>
> "It's OK!"  I was told over the 'phone, "We've got six cave divers
> coming down to do the clearance and ... what's that cackling noise?"

Hheehehe.... Can you say "Boom"....


>
> "It's only me rollling on the floor laughing my head off."  I said.
>
> "Anyway! By the time that you get in the water the explosives will be
> inert and ...  What's that noise?"

The sound of six floaters?

>
> "It's only me rolling on the floor laughing my head off!"  :-)
>
> I'd better point out that I have the utmost respect for cave divers.
> Anyone who regards wriggling around in small wet holes as fun has to
> have nerves of steel.  But I never knew that clearing unexploded
> ordnance from vessels was part of the cave-diving curriculum!  :-)

It ain't..... Stayin' alive is the main focus of that particular
trainin'.....


>
> > >I met up with Viv on the bow and we began swimming back - finding
> > >one unexploded pyrotechnic sitting on the deck! We moved on -
> > >rapidly - towards the stern.
>
> (snip)
>
> > >Thank goodness for Viv and her images! :-)
>
> > Fingers crossed there Mate .. I pick them up after work tonight &
> > pray there is atleast one decent publishable piccie.
>
> If there's not then we'll just have to go back and do it again!
> (Fingers crossed that there's not!)  :-)

:-)

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Mike Wallace
Huntsville, Alabama