Open Letter To Llanreath Divers

>
> I would ask you to please reconsider your intentions. Please leave our
> dive
> sites completely alone - they are not yours to leave markers on as you see
> fit. Stack Rocks is a superb site, please leave it in the the pristine
> unsullied condition that Tony experienced when he dived there.
>

well I am not going to comment on Tony's marker.
I want my ashes made into the right type of concrete rock and placed in an
artificial reef.
is this also wrong ?

David

>
> I would ask you to please reconsider your intentions. Please leave our
> dive
> sites completely alone - they are not yours to leave markers on as you see
> fit. Stack Rocks is a superb site, please leave it in the the pristine
> unsullied condition that Tony experienced when he dived there.
>

well I am not going to comment on Tony's marker.
I want my ashes made into the right type of concrete rock and placed in an
artificial reef.
is this also wrong ?

David

>
> I would ask you to please reconsider your intentions. Please leave our
> dive
> sites completely alone - they are not yours to leave markers on as you see
> fit. Stack Rocks is a superb site, please leave it in the the pristine
> unsullied condition that Tony experienced when he dived there.
>

well I am not going to comment on Tony's marker.
I want my ashes made into the right type of concrete rock and placed in an
artificial reef.
is this also wrong ?

David

>
> I would ask you to please reconsider your intentions. Please leave our
> dive
> sites completely alone - they are not yours to leave markers on as you see
> fit. Stack Rocks is a superb site, please leave it in the the pristine
> unsullied condition that Tony experienced when he dived there.
>

well I am not going to comment on Tony's marker.
I want my ashes made into the right type of concrete rock and placed in an
artificial reef.
is this also wrong ?

David

>
> I would ask you to please reconsider your intentions. Please leave our
> dive
> sites completely alone - they are not yours to leave markers on as you see
> fit. Stack Rocks is a superb site, please leave it in the the pristine
> unsullied condition that Tony experienced when he dived there.
>

well I am not going to comment on Tony's marker.
I want my ashes made into the right type of concrete rock and placed in an
artificial reef.
is this also wrong ?

David

>
> I would ask you to please reconsider your intentions. Please leave our
> dive
> sites completely alone - they are not yours to leave markers on as you see
> fit. Stack Rocks is a superb site, please leave it in the the pristine
> unsullied condition that Tony experienced when he dived there.
>

well I am not going to comment on Tony's marker.
I want my ashes made into the right type of concrete rock and placed in an
artificial reef.
is this also wrong ?

David

>
> I would ask you to please reconsider your intentions. Please leave our
> dive
> sites completely alone - they are not yours to leave markers on as you see
> fit. Stack Rocks is a superb site, please leave it in the the pristine
> unsullied condition that Tony experienced when he dived there.
>

well I am not going to comment on Tony's marker.
I want my ashes made into the right type of concrete rock and placed in an
artificial reef.
is this also wrong ?

David

McBad wrote:
> This is an open letter to the members of Llanreath Divers (BSAC 2058). It
> represents my views alone, as a diver active around Pembrokeshire. It is
> placed on uk.rec.scuba because I believe all divers should have the right to
> comment. It has been forwarded directly off-list to the only e-mail address
> I have for Llanreath Divers.
>
> The grape-vine has brought it to my attention that Llanreath Divers intend
> to sink a block of lead with attached inscription off Stack Rocks in early
> January, to record the passing of a fellow diver at that place last summer.
>
> Please be advised that I am absolutely opposed to any such plan. As a diver
> active around west Wales I do NOT want to come upon monuments to dead divers
> at the sites I visit underwater.
>
> Surely there are better ways of remembering Tony as he was in life; a great
> person and a great diver? Would he really want those who follow reminded of
> how and where he died, rather than how he lived? As a diver and speaking
> for myself I certainly wouldn't. Could the money that is being sunk into
> this project not be better used by the RNLI, or for first aid or diver
> training?
>
> Is a block of completely inert lead the way to do this? Lead is forever,
> life is transient. What are your plans for ongoing maintenace of this
> monument through time? What rights do you have to sink this thing in the
> first place - who have you consulted, who has given permission for this
> sinking? Certainly not me?
>
> Is this in line with BSAC policy for recording divers passing?
>
> I would ask you to please reconsider your intentions. Please leave our dive
> sites completely alone - they are not yours to leave markers on as you see
> fit. Stack Rocks is a superb site, please leave it in the the pristine
> unsullied condition that Tony experienced when he dived there.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Malcolm.
>
>
This issue has also arisen in the word of mountaineering, google on
mountaineering+memorial+shrine and it's the first hit.

We probably need this debating officially in diving circles as it's
likely to become more prevalent.

Graham

McBad wrote:
> This is an open letter to the members of Llanreath Divers (BSAC 2058). It
> represents my views alone, as a diver active around Pembrokeshire. It is
> placed on uk.rec.scuba because I believe all divers should have the right to
> comment. It has been forwarded directly off-list to the only e-mail address
> I have for Llanreath Divers.
>
> The grape-vine has brought it to my attention that Llanreath Divers intend
> to sink a block of lead with attached inscription off Stack Rocks in early
> January, to record the passing of a fellow diver at that place last summer.
>
> Please be advised that I am absolutely opposed to any such plan. As a diver
> active around west Wales I do NOT want to come upon monuments to dead divers
> at the sites I visit underwater.
>
> Surely there are better ways of remembering Tony as he was in life; a great
> person and a great diver? Would he really want those who follow reminded of
> how and where he died, rather than how he lived? As a diver and speaking
> for myself I certainly wouldn't. Could the money that is being sunk into
> this project not be better used by the RNLI, or for first aid or diver
> training?
>
> Is a block of completely inert lead the way to do this? Lead is forever,
> life is transient. What are your plans for ongoing maintenace of this
> monument through time? What rights do you have to sink this thing in the
> first place - who have you consulted, who has given permission for this
> sinking? Certainly not me?
>
> Is this in line with BSAC policy for recording divers passing?
>
> I would ask you to please reconsider your intentions. Please leave our dive
> sites completely alone - they are not yours to leave markers on as you see
> fit. Stack Rocks is a superb site, please leave it in the the pristine
> unsullied condition that Tony experienced when he dived there.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Malcolm.
>
>
This issue has also arisen in the word of mountaineering, google on
mountaineering+memorial+shrine and it's the first hit.

We probably need this debating officially in diving circles as it's
likely to become more prevalent.

Graham

McBad wrote:
> This is an open letter to the members of Llanreath Divers (BSAC 2058). It
> represents my views alone, as a diver active around Pembrokeshire. It is
> placed on uk.rec.scuba because I believe all divers should have the right to
> comment. It has been forwarded directly off-list to the only e-mail address
> I have for Llanreath Divers.
>
> The grape-vine has brought it to my attention that Llanreath Divers intend
> to sink a block of lead with attached inscription off Stack Rocks in early
> January, to record the passing of a fellow diver at that place last summer.
>
> Please be advised that I am absolutely opposed to any such plan. As a diver
> active around west Wales I do NOT want to come upon monuments to dead divers
> at the sites I visit underwater.
>
> Surely there are better ways of remembering Tony as he was in life; a great
> person and a great diver? Would he really want those who follow reminded of
> how and where he died, rather than how he lived? As a diver and speaking
> for myself I certainly wouldn't. Could the money that is being sunk into
> this project not be better used by the RNLI, or for first aid or diver
> training?
>
> Is a block of completely inert lead the way to do this? Lead is forever,
> life is transient. What are your plans for ongoing maintenace of this
> monument through time? What rights do you have to sink this thing in the
> first place - who have you consulted, who has given permission for this
> sinking? Certainly not me?
>
> Is this in line with BSAC policy for recording divers passing?
>
> I would ask you to please reconsider your intentions. Please leave our dive
> sites completely alone - they are not yours to leave markers on as you see
> fit. Stack Rocks is a superb site, please leave it in the the pristine
> unsullied condition that Tony experienced when he dived there.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Malcolm.
>
>
This issue has also arisen in the word of mountaineering, google on
mountaineering+memorial+shrine and it's the first hit.

We probably need this debating officially in diving circles as it's
likely to become more prevalent.

Graham