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Yes, and then to think I was reprimanded on another list because I told people diving past the 40 msw mark with air was stupid ! Will this stupidity never end? rgds Adri KC Haine darkangel@en*.co* On 4 Apr 1999 15:57:50 -0000 Anthony DeBoer wrote: >> ... The other group, which included the victim, Isagani A. Bisnar Jr, >> known to friends as "Totit", were more experienced and planned for a >> depth of 57 meters maximum. The group's training and experience level >> were sufficient for this depth as Totit for example was an IANTD Advanced >> Nitrox Diver with over 200 logged dives. ... > >Wrong. "Sufficient for this depth" only as long as the dive goes >_exactly_ according to plan. Unfortunately, dives have a way of not >always going exactly according to plan, and the narcosis leads to bad >judgement calls, and any level of exertion leads to the carbon dioxide, >nitrogen, and oxygen hitting you from three directions at once, and >chances are you end up dead like this fellow. > >I did enough deep air during my misspent youth that 57 metres scares the >shit right out of me. You may get away with it one time, two times, >three times, but not if you keep doing it. Knowing that you've gotten >into a situation that you need to back out of _slowly_, _now_, because >you've left yourself no margin for error, is the first step to becoming a >recovered ex-deep-air diver. > >We've heard this same story too many times. We don't need to hear it >again, especially not on the Easter weekend. Chances are I'm preaching >to the choir, but helium divers are happy divers. Deep air has a bad >track record, and people have got to stop trying to rediscover that for >themselves the hard way. > >-- >Anthony DeBoer >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > __________________________________________________________________ Get your own free England E-mail address at http://www.england.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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