What I heard (at extreme exposure and others) was that there have been "no fatalities". I suppose it would have been far more accurate to say "no WKPP fatalities" but the conversation was about taking a DIR-F class.
It's entirely possible that there was a misunderstanding and when some people mean "they" the reference is towards the WKPP.
My newbiefied mind still makes a distinction between GUE and WKPP, is there one?
This kind of hair splitting thing is annowing however because it's repeated quite alot around here apparentley. Hell, I'd figure the kinds of people attracted to GUE and the kinds of things they do that there WOULD be PLENTY of hits and some deaths. that wouldn't have fazed me.
I guess it's the kind of thing that gets passed around about a group that seperates themselves from the mainstream.
Sheck Exley was brought up earlier by genesis of a DIR Diver that died. I'm not aware of any afileation between him and GUE.
Actually, Sheck was diving caves before Jarrod or most of the other GUE guys even learned to dive. (I AM NOT BASHING ANYONE, STATING FACTS HERE)
Another thing,
on page 94 of "Doing it Right", "the bottom line here, however, is that divers should be certian that, without any air intheier bouyancy compensators, they are capable of swimming against teh weight of their configuration with full tanks and all weight in place. This would allow them to verify that they are able to manage thier SCUBA configuration in the event of a buoyancy failure."
Love to se it so lively in here,
Rice