Re: Which cryonics org? (was re: my EXTRO 3 perspective)

Forrest Bishop (forrestb@ix.netcom.com)
Fri, 15 Aug 1997 11:09:03 -0500 (CDT)

Perry wrote:
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>
>> From: forrestb@ix.netcom.com (Forrest Bishop)
>>
>> I do admire the heroism displayed in the Dora Kent affair, like the
>> people at Alcor, and feel they have a size advantage. The facility is
>> also not more than 3 hrs air time from Seattle or San Jose.
>
>I'll point out that Cryocare was founded by a lot of the people
>involved in the Dora Kent affair (Saul Kent, among others). Cryocare
>is really a split-off more than an independantly evolved organization.
>
>Personally, if I deanimate I want Mike Darwin supervising the process
>of pumping me full of gunk,

I would agree with this- his methods are quite innovative,
the research is brilliant even.

and I prefer to have more control over the
>disposition of my patient care funds, so I picked Cryocare, since
>Alcor has no provision to let you choose things like who will do your
>suspension and where you get stored...
>

Hmmm... maybe I'll do more research before making this decision. I
thought Alcor stored at Scottsdale AZ?

Forrest