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Dave Story writes:

> That said, I don't know where to draw the line either, but I refuse to
> recommend any procedure which has nothing to recommend it.  If someone
> were to present the theory underlying this procedure, I might rethink,
> but I don't think the theory exists.  In the meanwhile, I consider
> this procedure an old, inapplicable, and untested, most likely copied
> incompletely from some Navy scrimshaw ages ago, and resurfacing anew
> when these problems are being faced by the next generation.  History
> repeats....

With which I substantially agree. The question then becomes, what does one
do in a situation where they hvae had a gas failure while decompressing?
Of course, careful planning ahead should minimize the need for such a
procedure, but the probability is certainly not zero.

In-water recompression? Stick to the old schedule after getting more gas?
Forget it completely and head for the nearest chamber? Double the original
schedule?

Recommendations?

Dave Waller				YMCA Instructor
davew@hp*.pt*.hp*.co*			"This ain't your father's YMCA :-)"

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