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> > From:           bmk@ds*.bc*.ca* (Barrie Kovish)
> > I'd say that number 2 pretty much covers it!  I, at least, have made=

repeated
> > free dives to ~100 fsw while using the technique outlined in my
original post.
> =

> > Although I don't think that 100 fsw is the magic number.  I recall a=

paper
> > describing bends in free divers making repeated dives to 60 fsw (or
was it 90?

=2D-- snip

> I think I reported on this some two years ago...  From memory:
> Incident happened after an intensive spearfishing competion,
> multiple dives in one day to depths between 25 and 30m (85-100fsw).
> Some six hours after the competition the diver had trouble talking and=

> difficulty with his coordination.  Diagnosed as having a
> neurological bend (make sense, deep descends, fast ascends).  Was

=2D-- snip

I have somewhere a paper of a physiological test, that was made for free=

divers and bends. The depth was 18 m (54ft) if I remember right and the
guy got bends. I will try to find that paper and give you the reference
soon.

Terho

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