what happened with George Irvine?

[joshyyzf]

I can read dates

 

[Gone for diving]

I still wonder what happened to him...

 

[MattK911]

Jarrod Jablonski interviewed him on GUE.tv close to 2 years ago now for those interested

 

[tursiops]

Jarrod Jablonski interviewed him on GUE.tv close to 2 years ago now for those interested

Link? Citation? I can't find it in the catalog...

 

[MattK911]

Link? Citation? I can't find it in the catalog...

I stopped Subscribing for GUE.tv a while ago, but I can assure you it WAS there. I talked about it with several friends.

EDIT: 10 seconds of googling later... A Conversation with Cave Diving Pioneer George Irvine

 

[boulderjohn]

Several years ago, I had a couple multiple hour phone conversations with Brett Gilliam, and several of those hours were spent talking about George Irvine. Based on that conversation, I am amazed he was able to hold back his true feelings as much as he did when he wrote that article.

Years ago I did TDI Trimix and Advanced Trimix training through TDI, using course materials that have long since passed into obsolescence. My instructor knew nothing about the WKPP, George Irvine, or even the term DIR. He was surprised when I showed him how several of the sections in the course materials in which the writer ridiculed certain beliefs were aimed at Irvine.

When Irvine dropped out of diving, he sold much of his gear online. My first tech instructor got an argon bottle from him. I found it unnerving to be diving with the name "Irvine" boldly written on a buddy's gear.

 

[joshyyzf]

Several years ago, I had a couple multiple hour phone conversations with Brett Gilliam, and several of those hours were spent talking about George Irvine. Based on that conversation, I am amazed he was able to hold back his true feelings as much as he did when he wrote that article.

Years ago I did TDI Trimix and Advanced Trimix training through TDI, using course materials that have long since passed into obsolescence. My instructor knew nothing about the WKPP, George Irvine, or even the term DIR. He was surprised when I showed him how several of the sections in the course materials in which the writer ridiculed certain beliefs were aimed at Irvine.

When Irvine dropped out of diving, he sold much of his gear online. My first tech instructor got an argon bottle from him. I found it unnerving to be diving with the name "Irvine" boldly written on a buddy's gear.

Wow, that is unnerving. Having a bottle with "Irvine" on it LOL. It's all crazy just looking back at the transcripts and what was said by Irvine. He had so many fanboys doing his slave work, doing stages for his teams in cave diving, cleaning, keeping guard and promising them such a bright future in cave diving. But he would just throw them bones and they'd fetch.

I'm surprised they still call him a pioneer after all the abuse that came out of his mouth. Even still surprised at the "Halcyon" line of things, to me it still reeks of fanboys of Irvine and WKPP

 

[tursiops]

I stopped Subscribing for GUE.tv a while ago, but I can assure you it WAS there. I talked about it with several friends.

EDIT: 10 seconds of googling later... A Conversation with Cave Diving Pioneer George Irvine

Your 10s of Googling was far more effective than my 10 mins of searching on the GUE site.
Thanks.
But, since it is behind a paywall, it can just stay there. Last thing I want to do is spend money to read about GI3.

 

[nadwidny]

Several years ago, I had a couple multiple hour phone conversations with Brett Gilliam, and several of those hours were spent talking about George Irvine. Based on that conversation, I am amazed he was able to hold back his true feelings as much as he did when he wrote that article.

Years ago I did TDI Trimix and Advanced Trimix training through TDI, using course materials that have long since passed into obsolescence. My instructor knew nothing about the WKPP, George Irvine, or even the term DIR. He was surprised when I showed him how several of the sections in the course materials in which the writer ridiculed certain beliefs were aimed at Irvine.

When Irvine dropped out of diving, he sold much of his gear online. My first tech instructor got an argon bottle from him. I found it unnerving to be diving with the name "Irvine" boldly written on a buddy's gear.

Your time would have better spent talking with George about Brett Gilliam.

(OK, OK, I know it's probably not an appropriate reply these days but I know those that are missing the bad old days of techdiver, etc are loving it)

 

[nadwidny]

Wow, that is unnerving. Having a bottle with "Irvine" on it LOL. It's all crazy just looking back at the transcripts and what was said by Irvine. He had so many fanboys doing his slave work, doing stages for his teams in cave diving, cleaning, keeping guard and promising them such a bright future in cave diving. But he would just throw them bones and they'd fetch.

I'm surprised they still call him a pioneer after all the abuse that came out of his mouth. Even still surprised at the "Halcyon" line of things, to me it still reeks of fanboys of Irvine and WKPP

Nobody cares that your feelings are still hurt.