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Dr. Dan Manion set a world record for the deepest scuba dive on compressed
air (525') in Nassau in March while he was training for the "official
record attempt" scheduled for Apr. 7. However, on March 23, a day after
his week of training, he learned that the "unofficial record" (525'
recorded by his computer) had been accepted as the "official record" thus
making his Apr. 7 attempt unnecessary.
By chance, I dove on the same boat Dan practiced his deep dives, and was
his SOB (Same Ocean Buddy -- we were 300 feet apart VERTICALLY) on 5 dives
on which he dove to below 400' while I watched his bubbles at about 150'
and took a few photos near that depth :-). I reported his training and
record in SCUBA-L and techdiver.
Here's a follow-up on a few news items about Dr. Dan based on a letter he
wrote me on Apr. 19 (which I received yesterday). Shortly after his
Nassau training trip, he spent a week in Miami doing a wreck course with
Tom Mount. Then he went back to Nassau on his previously scheduled Apr. 7
trip, but instead of diving for a record, he did some trimix dives with
his friends from Kansas City and reported a fatality on one of those
trimix dives. (He didn't give any detail other than a man collapsed on
the Sea Wind (one of the dive boats), was given CPR and transported by
Nitrox Diver (another dive boat) to an ambulance waiting at Stuart Coves's
shop, but the man died.) Here're a few excerpts from Dan's letter I
would like share with you.
About his April 7 trip:
I did make to 498 ft. (I had agreed not to go below 500).
About his record and deep diving:
In Chicago at the World Underwater Conference Bret Gilliam
introduced me to the audience as the new World Record Holder
-- this really surprised me. I will have to get used to <this>
as I now have some major responsibilities to teach what I have
learned in the deepest of air dives. Bret also said he didn't
think this world record would ever be broken. I hope not, as
I will not try and may no one else try either. Narcosis and
death await at those depths. ...
About his future plans:
I think I can make diving safer in general from what I have
learned. This morning while working out in the treadmill, I
visualized a book and course on the "Insight of Ultra Deep
Diving" unfold in my mind.
Dive Safely,
-- Bob. RFLNG@cl*.cl*.ed*
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