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At 04:28 PM 8/29/97 -0400, G. Irvine wrote:
>Pete, I have it from those who were last diving in the Bahamas with Rob
>that he was in fact doing .. intentional deep air diving), and
>from some in the UK who said he was doing that in the Red Sea.
I guess this seems so out of character and the reports (printed and spoken)
all say that he was in trouble long before he got to ~200, where at the
earliest, he might have taken an O2 hit. My point was that he might have
been dropping fast (he was off a wall, but in 1200m according to Bill
Hamilton) because he was heavily weighted and was using borrowed equipment
(also from Bill). What was to stop him? His BC; the most poorly maintained
part of any borrowed kit. It's almost a badge of honor to see someone
wearing a faded, tattered BC, too often with an LP hose of the same
vintage. Would you put a reg in your mouth that looked like that? So why
strap on 30lbs and drop over the side into the blue without checking it's
working or at least having a plan if it doesn't.
>In this...
>kind of diving, both deep air drops and Exley's thing, they try to get
>down as fast as possible ( even though Exley told me the HPNS would be a
>real problem), so yes, a bc problem would be bad, and Exley was wrapped
>up in the line, but then how do we have those prpoblems , Pete, when we
>are prepared properly unless we are impaired improperly?
My point exactly. All the equipment needs to be prepped, including the
flotation.
> Pete, the problems are as follows: Rule Number One. Option Number One.
>To wit, "don't dive wtih strokes" ( only a stroke dives deep air), and
>"Don't dive", meaning, if you can not do it right all the way for
>whatever reason, do not dive. This means even if you just don't feel
>like it.
You're right, but we've all been there - a great dive and a single
"non-essential" piece of equip that's not right - and we still go. We are
just luckier than they are.
>Peter Heseltine wrote:
>> Let's assume that George is right - just for a moment ;-)
>>George replied:
> BTW, this is usually a safe bet. - G
"Unfortunately, knowledge of the facts does not necessarily alter the
behavior"
- ?
"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."
- Oscar Wilde
"Good judgement is the result of experience, and experience is the result
of bad judgement"
- Walter Wriston
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