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Extreme Cave Diving - PBS-NOVA - 2010.02.09::20:00

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Alan Browne

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Feb 2, 2010, 9:28:12 PM2/2/10
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Airs next week on PBS.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/cavedive/producer.html

Quotes from the producer:

** The U.S. National Speleological Society defines a successful cave
dive as "one you return from."

** In the end, I took away a great appreciation of the divers'
self-reliance. I'm a PADI Rescue Diver—which on this shoot was a
qualification about as useful as being a good singer

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Scott

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Feb 2, 2010, 9:47:31 PM2/2/10
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"Alan Browne" <alan....@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote in message
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Airs next week on PBS.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/cavedive/producer.html

Quotes from the producer:

** The U.S. National Speleological Society defines a successful cave
dive as "one you return from."

** In the end, I took away a great appreciation of the divers'
self-reliance. I'm a PADI Rescue Diver�which on this shoot was a
qualification about as useful as being a good singer


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Ecnerwal

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Feb 2, 2010, 10:04:53 PM2/2/10
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In article <Us2dncMlL_-hQvXW...@giganews.com>,
Alan Browne <alan....@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> ** The U.S. National Speleological Society defines a successful cave
> dive as "one you return from."

Yup, the dead bodies cluttering up the caves are a nasty pollutant. Note
it doesn't actually say return from *alive*. Just be sure someone pulls
your remains out, please - that's what buddies are for, and it spares
some other poor sucker from having to clean up your litter.

Before I learned to dive, I thought cave diving was somewhat odd and
possibly interesting. After learning to dive I think cave diving is nuts
and I want no part of it; An opinion that has not changed in a good many
years, and is not likely to. They are welcome to it.

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Alan Browne

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Feb 3, 2010, 5:16:34 PM2/3/10
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There was a NOVA a couple years ago on cave diving to map the links
between the cenotes in eastern Mexico (Mayan Riviera area, IIRC). Much
of it looked relatively benign - though some parts looked a bit risky.

What's propose above, at least in the producer's claims looks outright
evil. Certainly my little tunnel jaunt of 30 meters (where I could see
the other, very open, end) which had me decidedly nervous, was not in
the same category at all.

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