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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A2_01BDD530.02D80560 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just go back from the Bahamas where I dove with Robert Carmichael and = Bill Mee for a research project. We did 2 dives a day at depths between = 150 and 315 feet. Surface interval between dives was 1 - 2 hours. = Bottom times were all 25 minutes, except for a Halcyon dive where we = spent a solid hour at 180 feet. For decompression we just scootered up = the top of the wall and ran up the slope toward shore. Thus, we covered = alot of territory while seeing lots of fish, etc. Not a bad way to = perform decompression. We did see some huge sharks, but none were = interested in us. On the last dive, while at 200' we saw a shark which = appeared to be the size of my truck 100' below us. I do not know what = type of shark it was, but can guess it was one of 3 types. Not very = comforting to think about. As I was breathing 71% helium, it could not = be narcosis. =20 Leaving for Norway and then Sweden on tuesday to give some rebreather = training to the Vikings and reeze my butt off. I will be back on Sept = 18th. Thus, I will not check emails until after that time. =20 Errol Kalayci ------=_NextPart_000_00A2_01BDD530.02D80560 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Just go back from the Bahamas where = I dove with=20 Robert Carmichael and Bill Mee for a research project. We did 2 = dives a=20 day at depths between 150 and 315 feet. Surface interval between = dives was=20 1 - 2 hours. Bottom times were all 25 minutes, except for a = Halcyon dive=20 where we spent a solid hour at 180 feet. For decompression we just = scootered up the top of the wall and ran up the slope toward = shore. Thus,=20 we covered alot of territory while seeing lots of fish, etc. Not a = bad way=20 to perform decompression. We did see some huge sharks, but none = were=20 interested in us. On the last dive, while at 200' we saw a shark = which=20 appeared to be the size of my truck 100' below us. I do not know = what type=20 of shark it was, but can guess it was one of 3 types. Not very = comforting=20 to think about. As I was breathing 71% helium, it could not be=20 narcosis. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Leaving for Norway and then Sweden = on tuesday to=20 give some rebreather training to the Vikings and reeze my butt = off. I will=20 be back on Sept 18th. Thus, I will not check emails until after = that=20 time. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Errol Kalayci</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00A2_01BDD530.02D80560-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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