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On Wed, 20 Jul 1994, Richard L. Pyle wrote: > > I'm feeling a bit talkative this morning, so I'll comment: > > On Wed, 20 Jul 1994, Scot Anderson wrote: > > 2) Folks that breathe Air at depths deeper than 210 fsw are > > asking for trouble, and eventually end up offing themselves have to agree with ya.. > > when they try it on a bad day. I'm concerned that their > > disregard for known hazards does not end up interfering > > with the freedom of others who are willing to work within them. > > I feel the need to respond that I believe this is too much of a sweeping > generalization. I know many people out here in Hawaii who have made many > thousands of dives well beyond 210' on air, some of whom have been diving for > more than 30 years (one since 1946). yeah rich... but that was before we knew what we were doing... no one told us what o2tox was back then... Many of these people are, IMO, among > the best & most capable divers in the world - and are probably less likely > to die at 225' on air than a good many new trimix divers are at the same > depth. probably true.., nah... definitely true. Some of them I consider as good friends. Three of my deep air > diving friends have died - one in a motorcycle accident, and two in a > helicopter crash. sorry dude, but don't you think you should include the one member of the group that died in the water after a 240fsw air dive... i think that it is pertinent to this conversation. now i *know* no one knows exactly what happened since this man (my friend too) was twelve miles out diving *alone* when the accident happened... but it seemed to me (and the docs at the chamber that checked him and his gear out) that he had an o2 hit... either on the bottom or on his deco bottle. > > Ahhh. There! That feels better.....I think I've got it pretty-much out of > my system ....for now.... > ditto aloha, dennis
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