This guy was outfitted with steel doubles, steel stages, steel backplate, 
he was seriously negative and knew it. This would explain his terror over 
the drysuit problem and the loss of inflation for his wings. He was so 
terrified that he forgot he can orally inflate his wings and that it was 
OK to deflate his drysuit using standard secondary methods.

Something else I have learned... The very experienced diver he was with 
reported a depth of 298' on his depth gauge but told the investigator his 
plan was 190', on air. Hmmmmm. The bent diver has run support for this 
very experienced diver on two other occations. I am wondering if perhaps 
the bent diver, on trimix (with an END of 140-160), was actually supposed 
to be supporting the other two deep air dudes when he wound up in his 
situation, but that fact was not revealed to the investigator...

If this is the case then you really have to think long and hard about who 
you decide to dive with and who you decide to take on as your mentor. 
Also, how many of you know the definition of the phrase "cannon fodder".

 Jim

 Jim

Sender: Hans Petter Roverud  Date: 5/8/99 7:55 PM

>At 04:49 PM 5/8/99 -0400, Jim Cobb wrote:
>
>>On reading this report it is amazing to me that:
>>
>>1. The diver decided to do his first extreme deep dive solo in a dark, 
>>cold, murky lake.
>>2. That his diving parters (one of which is known for his extreme deep 
>>air diving ventures) did not counsel him to do otherwise or even watch 
>>out for him.
>>3. That his gear configuration was so fucked up when it is known that he 
>>was not trained to dive set up the way he was.
>>4. That his in-water and surface support was non-existent to the point of 
>>not even having surface 02 on hand, or enough gas in the goddamn boat to 
>>make it back to shore.
>
>It's not hard to agree with you on this one Jim. Then comes the fancy
>"but": However, the main thing here was lack of training, causing the diver
>to become totally "unglued". As the report said, the diver failed to use
>all his options. As a matter of fact, this was nothing but classic panic.
>True, configuration counts and this was definitely no example to emulate.
>Neither is it advisable to go solo. Still, the main thing I read from this
>report is a diver who had all he needed to make a controlled ascent, yet he
>rejected all options due to task loading.  Let's focus on training and
>psychological strength as well as on optimal configuration. As any true DIR
>advocate would agree it takes practice and attitude to get things right.
>This guy was way outside his comfort zone. Let's expand the envelope rather
>than pushing it!
>
>regards,
>
>Hans
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