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On Wed, 7 Aug 1996 18:19:20 -1000 (HST), you wrote: > >Early in my diving career I used to routinely feel definite narcosis at >90-100 feet, and my first few dives to 125' really hammered me -- even in >clear water/no current/no stress situations. Now I can't detect anything >shallower than about 160 feet anymore, but I don't know if that's because >I'm "acclimated", or if it's because I have sustained sufficient brain >damage that I can no longer detect subtle symptoms. My hunch is that it's >a combination of both. > >Aloha, >Rich ok,rich I'll take your word for it.Maybe I'm the freak then,as I never had any subtle symptoms until 130 & no obvious ones till around 160. Ok,i guess it's possible that the pre-130 symptoms were so subtle that i didnt realize i was narced,but if theyre THAT subtle,i cant see them as being significant enough to be a main cause of the accidents we're talking about.Different people,different tolerances i guess.I DID have a friend that was so narced at 160 ,he said it was like an out of body experience,but he was THE mst susceptible person i ever knew,and it WAS 160.Acclimation is of course a BIG factor,as im sure you know,IF youre diving regularly.My first dive to 160 was as narcotic as one made several months later to 200 (I dont do that stuff on air anymore..I wised up).Im not disregarding narcosis as a contributing factor in these supra-100 foot dives,but i think there has to be more to it,i.e. not a primary cause.Thanks for the info,tho...all i can say is "narcosis above 100'..wow,who'd a thunk it?" John L. Dunk Tallahassee,Fl. screwloose@ne*.co*
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