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William Stone [1952-0] American
Rank: 103
Explorer


William Stone, 3rd Proprietary Governor of Maryland was an English pioneer and an early settler in Maryland. He was governor of the colony of Maryland from 1649 to 1655.


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Cave divers, of course, deal with an elevated level of risk, and the most that I can say here is that we tend to conduct our work at the bottom of a deep cave on an extremely conservative basis with heavy levels of backup equipment and a policy to abort if any single person doesn't like the situation underwater at any time during the mission.
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Caves are whimsical things, and geology on a local scale is random and unpredictable.
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Generally speaking, moving water is the most dangerous thing you can encounter underground.
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Many people think all I do is some random engineering work in between caving expeditions. It's been far more deliberate than that.
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There are plenty of people on Earth. It's not like the human race is going to disappear if a few people don't come back. Exploration is dangerous.
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If you don't come home with data, you've done nothing.
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