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And if you don't dive with a buddy? How about someone just deciding for THEMSELVES that they have a valid use for a snorkel, or any piece of equipment. Mark ---------- From: George Irvine To: mwelzel; john.r.strohm Cc: techdiver; wreckdiver Subject: Re: snorkels Date: Tuesday, January 14, 1997 6:57PM You guys are wasting your time with Welzel - the obvious answer STAY WITH YOUR BUDDY has not occured to him - the definition of a stroke. Doing things properly is very simple, but in New England we have a bunch of know-it-alls like Garvin, beilineda, and Mark, who prove continuously what the past influence up there has been - no plan, and no clue. - G On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, <john.r.strohm@BI*.co*> wrote: >>5. You were cave diving and during deco your teammate was >>experiencing difficulty. You stayed with him as long as your >>gas supply allowed, he was apparently okay so you surfaced >>and while putting your snorkel in your mouth told your surface >>staff to get someone ready to assist him in the water, then >>you put your face in the water and kept up observance of >>your teammate in case his condition worsened and until >>someone could descend to stay by him. Whether you are >>watching for a few seconds, a few minutes or a few hours >>you should have the means to keep an uninterupted watch, >>a snorkel is the perfect tool for this. > >Excuse me. Let's work this scenario. > >You were cave diving with your teammate. > >You both had the same dive profile. You both (presumably) used the same >gas(es), because you ANTICIPATED doing the same dive. > >You should both have about the same deco obligation. For him to have >significantly more deco obligation than you do, and you be the one short on >gas, does not make sense to me. > >If you aren't both doing deco at the same depth and time, one of you is in >deep kimchee. If you aborted your deco because you were out-of-gas, and >your buddy didn't have enough reserve to cover your remaining deco >obligation, you are BOTH in deep kimchee; he is damn near out-of-gas, too. > >Decompression diving is about planning to have enough gas to finish the >deco, EVEN IN THE PRESENCE OF A MAJOR PROBLEM. >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > George M. Irvine III DIR WKPP Woodville Karst Plain Project 1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-493-6655 FAX 6698 Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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