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First of all, how did this conversation move to techdiver?

> > Join the long list of armchair quarterbacks, dude. Can you
> elaborate?  We
> >  have a couple of wildcards here - things you would chalk up to
> "Murphy".
> >  Sure, it could have been done better - there's lots of things
> I would do
> >  differently.  But hindsight is 20/20.
>
> 1.  Like Cobber stated a lift bag for deco...

Like I said to cobbler - had the equipment, and made the right choice not to
use it.

> 2.  Not doing a dive requiring deco w/ day light waning...

4:30 isn't exactly daylight waning - but it was overcast and the angle of
the sun was low enough that it was getting dark underwater.  Are you
suggesting that all deco divers must be on the surface before 4:30?

> 3.  Having a plan filed w/ the boat, so they know to look for you
> at a certain
> time...

They knew when to expect me - which is why they happened to see me during
the 14-second period of time that I popped to the surface.

> This is all stuff that should be expected as prior planning for
> any tech dive.
> Deco is tech (even if only to 100'), almost any rebreather dives
> would be in
> my opionion,  tech...taking tech lightly leads to expereinced diver
> death...look as close as Andre Smith for an example.

Thank you for making *exactly* the same point I have been trying to make.

Aloha, Rich

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