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Robert, >There is a little test the you and your buddy can do. Take an >ordinary = school combination lock, place the combination on the back, >make sure = you are able to open it above water. Take the said lock >down to 10' and = time how long it takes to open and close it three >times, then proceed to = 1 ATM. then to 2 ATM and so on. Between your >buddy fluffing up the = timing and that blasted lock simply not >working properly.<grin> You = should at least have a good laugh and a >new respect for your = incapacitation. Take this one step further, >have the person who is = opening the lock guesstimate how long it >took, of course while at depth. = > Allow at least 2 mins. at your depth to allow the Narcosis to take hold = >before starting the test. >If someone trys this, please let me know the results. We did exactly this. And, just to remove the "familiarity" concept (i.e. dialing the same lock twice), we SWITCHED between two of us. The depth we did the lock at was about 165', WELL into the narcotic range. We did it at about 5 minutes into the dive. Guess what, we did it FASTER at depth. What does this prove? Nothing. Doing a lock is a simple ONE STEP task, nothing complicated and does not involve REASONING power as much as simple memory and some motor skills. Does that mean we weren't narc'ed , of course not. SIMPLE tests like this are often used to show narcosis, if a diver gets a giggly or looses motor coordination it most likely can be attributed to narcosis. The reverse condition does NOT hold true. This is like saying if A then B implies if NOT A then NOT B. We all know that this is a logical fallacy. If A then B DOES imply if NOT B then NOT A though. -Carl-
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