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>> With this much air left I would have to say that without hesitation I >> would go for the other diver and bring him up with me as long as he's >> still breathing (you said he was breathing erratically). If it's >Don't forget to make sure he's not just meditating! The description >of our "victim" would fit *me* pretty darn well.... Hehe... Of course, with any situation like this, the first thing I'd do is swim around the front of the diver and make eye contact. If that's not possible (he's face down), a tap on the shoulder, followed by a more forceful tap would be a way of making contact. It's a good idea to be ready for a paniced and/or started diver reaction too so - be cautious... If they don't respond to any of that, it's probably time to take'em up. My main point was that the situation described by the original poster was nowhere near borderline enough to even think twice about going down for the other diver, after all, 100 bar (1500 lbs) is a LOT of air in any normal bottle (i.e. other than a small pony). If I only had 800 lbs of air left, I'd probably still do it because I know that it should take less than 5 minutes to get down, get the diver, and get up to the 15' level, and that should not take me more than 300-400 lbs of air - maximum leaving me with 400-500 lbs to do some deco at 15 ft, still not a problem, although we're now cutting it much closer. If I had less than 800 lbs of air at this point then *I* blew the dive big time for some reason, but again, *I* always dive with a 40 cu ft pony (well, on dives >80 ft anyway) so I'm still in good shape :^) -Carl-
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