Posted by kelphead on September 27, 2000 at 00:09:10:
In Reply to: Update on La Crescenta fatality posted by MHK on September 25, 2000 at 08:44:49:
"In my discussions with the sherriff dept ( ie; Mark Lonsdale ) he was very clear in that if a buddy was
nearby he could have replaced the reg, turned the body face up and it is likely he would have lived."
...uhm...excuse me?? am i missing something here?
are we to assume that the buddy diver would not
have committed the same mistake??? if so, then THAT'S
a stretch(!).
"...the fact of the matter is that complacency kills."
i don't disagree w/you about buddies, but in this
situation--if indeed the cavern air is toxic--complacency
had nothing to do w/this tragedy: IGNORANCE did--but
that's another story altogether.
i've understood what you've written before, mike,
but in this case, i think you maybe reading too
much into it. (just my humble opinion, though.)
kelphead.