On Wednesday, April 11, 2001 9:16 PM, Lee Bell wrote:

> > Why the hell would anyone dive without:
> > a) Being able to monitor their gas supply?  Or:
> > b) Having even a small back-up reserve to warn them that time was
limited?

> We wouldn't today.

I don't recall doing it then!

>One might just as well ask why would someone take the
> chance of breathing off a gas regulator meant for something entirely
> different or breathe from a bag of pure oxygen just waiting to kill you
for
> ascending to depths many would free dive to.

I've never been up that high.

> Because we had not yet learned
> the danger in what we were doing or we knew the danger but did not yet
know
> a better way to do what we felt we wanted or needed to do.

There were sufficient books and magazines around for those who were bitten
by the bug and intended to dive more than once in a blue moon to at least
teach themselves properly.

> Why would anyone dive in waters where fish that are so well camouflaged
you
> can't see them, small clear jellyfish and very pretty small octopuses can
> all kill you?

Doesn't sound like anywhere I know.

Strike