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Hans The victim was not trained to wear his gear this way , he had been exposed to the proper labeling of his tanks per WKPP standards at our VBTECH meetings , he had never been to this depth before , the diver did in fact in my opinion panic , forgetting all training.He was task loaded beyond his skill level.WHY!WHY!WHY! To test a light?And why did a diver with all the deep diving experience drive 8-10 hrs to do a 190ft air dive and let a diver with no experience at that depth do a solo dive?I do not understand this , is this the whole story?Why would 3 divers be diving to a 190ft on air as a team and a mix diver doing a solo dive to 325ft? Capt JT At 01:55 AM 5/9/99 +0200, you wrote: >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 >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.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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