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At 10:17 PM 5/8/99 -0400, you wrote: >At 09:48 PM 5/8/99 -0400, you wrote: >>> >>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. > >Jim >where did you hear this , I have heard it rumored.Does anyone else know of >this , can anyone confirm this to be true , if it is true then it is a >false report , why would someone make false statements to an official >investigator ? 325' is no benchmark in the imperial world, but it's 100m sharp to us Europeans. When I first read 325' I figured this must have been a Canadian going for the metric magic number. Further, it makes absolutely no sense to make a record dive in a lake (brown water, 40 F/ 4 C below the thermocline) when the blue ocean is near by. So, you're suggesting three people going for the big number, one on mix and two on air? In any event, none of us condone this dive plan in any way whatsoever. My point was just that this list tends to scrutinize equipment configs, which is fine, as long as it's not at the expense of training, practice and knowing ones limits. When a diver freaks out, that speaks volumes of lack of training and less of sub-optimal rigging. Experience and stamina are earned. Far too many seasoned deep air divers think they may double their diving depth once they go mix. Other far less experienced divers seem to think that the purchase of a DIR rig will do the diving for them. A DIR rig is, I believe, the best tool but tools can never replace practice. When a guy empties a double 120 in 20 - 30 mins, fails to send up his marker buoy, fails to breathe his accessible deco gases and bolts for the surface instead he proves to the world that he's lost it. I would love to see him clean up his rig and make a proper dive plan, but the biggest problem was lack of practice. I'm just using this incidence to place some emphasis on motivation, training and "knowing thy limits". Truly experienced divers expand their comfort zone gradually and develop a sixth sense for all the "what ifs". When the going gets tough the litmus test is whether you're able to do something constructive or just freeze/ freak out. Let's not forget the human factor as we push for safer diving. Good training should place more emphasis on "reading your body", defining realistic goals as well as an understanding of the extensive training needed to keep cool when things pile up around you. Apart from refraining from stunts like this one, a more mature outlook will help you raise your panic threshold. It takes time to become a proficient tech diver (I'm still working on it), yet it takes little to decide to be a stunt diver and just hope things will pan out. regards, Hans -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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