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Scuba Forum / General / March 2008Monkey Diving
Doesn't this look like fun? http://www.monkey-diving.com/ > Doesn't this look like fun? > > http://www.monkey-diving.com/ 1. Finally, a dive boat that doesn't make ya wear a BC, the sorriest piece of drag ever foisted on a dumb diving public! Hoorah! 2. But what's the deal with the sling tank (only)? Personally, I prefer a single tank on my back, thank you. 3. While scootering is nice to get ya there and back, using it to see forty wrecks in forty minutes is not my idea of a fun dive. 4. Andy Georgitsis?????????????? Was that a typo????????? Has DIR/GUE gone mad???????????? esg > 4. Andy Georgitsis?????????????? Was that a typo????????? Has DIR/GUE > gone mad???????????? Pay attention and keep up. Georgitsis had the audacity to market a scooter that competes with the Gavin, and immediately went from GUE training director to drooling idiot (I'm pretty sure that only North FL cave divers can be called "farm animals"). >>4. Andy Georgitsis?????????????? Was that a typo????????? Has DIR/GUE >>gone mad???????????? > > Pay attention and keep up. I am humbled and embarrassed. I'm also not getting my DIR/GUE newsletters. Georgitsis had the audacity to market a > scooter that competes with the Gavin, and immediately went from GUE > training director to drooling idiot (I'm pretty sure that only North FL > cave divers can be called "farm animals"). How the mighty do fall. esg > How the mighty do fall. Fuckin A. I been the biggest whore to the whole bunch. An industrial "SCUBA" prostitute. In my defense (more likely so that I can get to sleep at night), I will add that I dug in as deep as a Rocky Mountain tick, and when the dawn finally came, I ran like a scalded dog, and aint afraid to admit my folly. If nothing else, I hope no one else buys into the bullshit like I did. You were mostly right all along. Now, go shine your brass, and shine it with my shirt. =;-) > > 4. Andy Georgitsis?????????????? Was that a typo????????? Has DIR/GUE > > gone mad???????????? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > training director to drooling idiot (I'm pretty sure that only North FL > cave divers can be called "farm animals"). I met Faisal and Andrew when they came to Calgary a couple (or more) years ago. At that time, Faisal was getting ready for the maiden voyage of the Tala. It looks like he's done a good job. As for monkey-diving, sure it looks like fun, but I'm confused as to how or why having the tank 'slung', is of benefit. Anyone? Al? I'm with Mike in another regard. My idea of an excellent dive, is a zen-like experience. Go slow, go slow, observe my surroundings, commune with the fishies. I've had lots of fun with a scooter in years past. Even so, I quickly discovered, it's not my thing when it comes to diving. But for that matter, I'm not particularly into wrecks either. The guys around here like to have a scooter to get out to the townsite at Minnewanka. This makes sense to me . . for them. Why they want to go to the townsite at Minnewanka every weekend doesn't make sense to me. :^) > As for monkey-diving, sure it looks like fun, but I'm confused as to how or > why having the tank 'slung', is of benefit. Anyone? Al? My guess would be that they believe that it has less drag that way. That would be consistent with AG's obsession with slickness. > I'm with Mike in another regard. My idea of an excellent dive, is a > zen-like experience. Go slow, go slow, observe my surroundings, commune [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > discovered, it's not my thing when it comes to diving. But for that matter, > I'm not particularly into wrecks either. I don't much care for scooter flying either, but it is a good tool for getting to a distant part of a cave you want to see or to get to a part of a deep wreck you want to look at. it is really no fun to lug around, and I only take it when I need it for what I want to do. > I don't much care for scooter flying either, but it is a good tool for > getting to a distant part of a cave you want to see or to get to a part > of a deep wreck you want to look at. it is really no fun to lug around, > and I only take it when I need it for what I want to do. If the gods had wanted us to go into caves, they would have made us blind. 8^) I can't imagine using a scooter in a wreck. Perhaps the wrecks I've explored just weren't big enough. Lee > I can't imagine using a scooter in a wreck. Perhaps the wrecks I've explored > just weren't big enough. Some wrecks are big, deep and in a current. Swimming deep, especially against a current, is dangerous (CO2) and it uses a lot of gas. You don't use the scooter inside the wreck. > I can't imagine using a scooter in a wreck. Perhaps the wrecks I've > explored just weren't big enough. Well, if they ever put a Nimitz class carrier down as an artificial reef, your view might change... <grin>  SignatureSee NNTP header field "X-Real-Email-Address" to reply by email. >> I can't imagine using a scooter in a wreck. Perhaps the wrecks I've >> explored just weren't big enough. > >Well, if they ever put a Nimitz class carrier down as an artificial reef, >your view might change... <grin> What class is the Oriskany? ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold > What class is the Oriskany? A class by herself... <quote> The USS Oriskany was the last Ticonderoga Class Carrier built. A few years later she was designated an "Oriskany Class" Carrier after her deck was angled, and her bow was enclosed. No other Essex or Ticonderoga Class Carrier was ever refitted like Oriskany. </quote> http://www.cougarware.com/cva34 SignatureSee NNTP header field "X-Real-Email-Address" to reply by email.
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