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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 05:56:09 -0400
From: "Katherine V. Irvine" <kirvine@sa*.ne*>
Organization: DIR
To: GarlooEnt@ao*.co*
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Subject: Re: Another NE Death

This is too bad. It is also the single most common "tech" diving cause
of death. This is why we rig the gear the way we do, and why we mark the
tanks and wear them the way we do - to avoid this . 

 Between this and teh practice of blowing air on top of already weak
trimixes and diving them repeatedly, or the even more insane practice of
diving air on the back and mix in a stage, we can expect many people to
die. 

 I really wish that the agencies were not so grossly incompetent, and it
would also be nice if the more experienced guys up thre took the lead in
doing it right. 


\GarlooEnt@ao*.co* wrote:
> 
> george
> ever since he got bent about three years ago Harvey always dove nitrox & 50/50
> in his pony.
> the way i understand it -from the diver who sent him up (i still have one fact
> that i'm not certain of) he was laying on the bottom no reg in mouth his main
> tank shut off. his pony breathed down to (either 300psi or 300 psi missing-
> this is th fact i need to clear up) his main tank was full.
> Harvey would never stay on the bottom if he had a problem he would always
> elect to do a free ascent over staying with a problem. if his main was shut he
> had no inflation.
> if he took the wrong reg in his mouth when he jumped in & was breathing 50/50
> he may never have had the chancetop do anything when he toxed.
> he was using two unfamiliar regs (he had left his regs on aour boat & was to
> retrieve them when he came back to dive with us (irronicaly 2 days after he
> died).
> it looks like it was an unfortunate stupid accident & a waste of a good man. i
> am sorry to see his passing.
> he was a character & we all loved him. when he came out in the boat dressed as
> a lobster you could not stop laughing with him. his joy & ability of catching
> lobsters was legendary.
> hank


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