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No, it is to show how fast you have to descent to catch someone, but the big
point is discovering the drop while you are getting sufficient lift to stop
the descent and then controlled lift bringing the diver up plus stability on
the surface. It may change some peoples minds about cylinders or stages or
BC's and most definitely will prove that the lift bag in this instance does
not work very well. unless you drop all the way to the bottom with the diver
in trouble. I have used this in training scenarios and it makes a lot of
points that are difficult to convince one of by description only.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: NAUI7874@ao*.co* <NAUI7874@ao*.co*>
To: TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne* <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*>;
techdiver@aquanaut.com <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; cavers@ca*.co*
<cavers@ca*.co*>
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Fw: cylinders-BC's etc


>
>In a message dated 7/20/98 6:58:30 PM, t mount (iantd) wrote:
>
>>The next thing I recommended was that divers practice a worse case
scenario
>>rescue in a simulated manner. this included number one allow a diver to
>>deflate his/her BC and sink give them a slight headstart (practice in 60
to
>>70 feet of water and start the drill from about 15 feet let the buddy get
>>about 20 feet below you then go after them)
>
>>Catch the buddy to do so you will need to get negative and swim after them
..
>
>
>Tom
>
>is this excersize designed to give info on dericks chances of catching
Jane.
>is this info going to be used as a defense for derik in court. diver G did
try
>but failed to do a rescue, no one is talking about him. I (and others) are
>talking about the quick reactions and full blown rescue attempt made by
darik.
>remember (accourding to what derik told me that night when he returned to
his
>dive shop) he watched her bubbles come up for about 2 (two) min. they
finally
>stopped, when her back gas finaly emptyed. hell tom he could have made a
nice
>slow decent and still recovered her body, he had a trail leading right to
her.
>instead he froze. kind of like a doe in headlights. I have not seen the
>changes you are said to have made in the iantd standards, but how can they
>plan for this level of inaction????
>
>well would love to talk to you some day, but you seem not to be interested.
>
>Alan Pelstring

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