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Before I comment on Joseph Crunk's detailed and considered post, I'd
better introduce myself. I've been on this mailing list for about 6
months and haven't posted before, although I have made occasional
postings to rec.scuba . I regard myself as a comparatively inexperienced
diver, SAA club with around 60 logged dives in 2 years. However most
of these appear to qualify as `technical' due to the poor vis, cold water
and depth or a combination thereof.
>Her profile: first dive to 45 ft for 35 minutes
>
> 2-1/2 hr surface interval
>
> second dive to 60 ft for 35 minutes
>
>So, why did she get bent?
At the risk of labouring a point, the deepest dive should always be made
first. As I understand it (and of course I welcome correction from those
more knowledgeable) all the current decompression models rely on this.
I suspect that this was a major contributory factor.
>Oh yeah, she is a very experienced diver with 8+ years of safe/frequent
>diving.
Could complacency, or a reluctance to cause work for others, be a factor?
With that much experience, it's likely that she'd had the symptoms before
and not been alerted because they didn't lead to DCS the last time.
Furthermore I know I'd feel silly if I'd `cried wolf' and claimed to be
suffering from DCS when I wasn't.
I suppose it goes to show that we must always be alert to the symptoms of
DCS and show respect to others when they claim to suffer from them.
Regards
Pete
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Pete Young pky@fm*.bt*.co*.uk* Phone +44 473 227151
"Most people prefer entertaining nonsense to unexciting reality"
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