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A friend of mine has figured a way to deal with this. He brings "Capri Sun" squeeze-bag juice along for drinking during deco. I was skeptical at first, but when I was lucky enough to try it once, it was easy and a real pleasure. Anybody who has done long stops on O2 knows how much that can dry you out. ..sa At 11:40 PM 12/7/94, Christopher A. Brown wrote: >Hey y'all --whilst reading about IWR/D I got to thinking about the >ways chamber treatment differs from hanging on a rope or floaating >your head up in a tub the way we do in caves down here for normal >deco. Besides sucking down O2, treatment also consists of FLUID INTAKE >TO THE MAX. I got an I-V of gator-aide on my ride and whizzed as much >as a beer party in college. When either hanging to temp. supress a >hit, or for plain ol' hangtime, having a good fluid supply at the deco >stop makes as much sense to insure effective treatment as everything >else you could do. When tom Morris and Woody Jasper had finished a >3,000 ft. downstream push (max.D 160) at a local siphon, they enjoyed >warm soup taken into the mini-dumpster they had for a habitat. The all >metal thermos supplied fluid, heat, and nourishment -- as well as >being mmmmm,mmmmm,good. Our aquifer water is around 72F but after >several hours, that feels cold and internal warming feels good. > >Anyway, fluid up before the dive. Stage a non-carbonated bev. at your >last stop -- and improve the entire situation (bad or ggood as it may >be) immeasureably with water, sports drink, chocolate, soup, juice. >At that point the molecular diffusion rate across the surface of your >nostril interior during bubble formation at greater than bathtub >depths don't matter much -- you just need O2, time, and fluids! > >next time I'll tell you a little story about roger werner and his >dry-suit P-valves, the logical sequel to this evening's little diving >tip. > >NOW TURN OFF THAT FLASHLIGHT AND GET TO BED!! >-- >Christopher A. Brown >The Technical Diving Video Library >by Sci-Graphica Public Relations/DOCENT FILMS >Tallahassee FL 32311 >chbrown@fr*.fs*.ed* >p904-877-4385,f904-656-1355 >The winner is not the guy who dies with the most toys -- it's his >widow's boyfriend. >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@opal.com'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@opal.com'. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- Scot Anderson email: scot@bt*.co* URL: http://www.btg.com/~scot/ Vienna, Virginia. USA Voice: 703.761.6536 Fax: 703.761.6555
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