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At 06:17 AM 5/9/99 +0200, you wrote: >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. Hans Benchmarks or records are set everyday , divers reaching personal depth records , not what someone else has done , but they themself are making head way to their own goals. The whole idea is to come back from a dive safe and unhurt , it does not look to me that all the things that should have been done ( gas in the boat and Medical 02 on it ) for safety. > >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 am suggesting nothing , looking at the facts real hard , there is now someone who says a diver has said he was at 297ft , the report puts him at 190ft , the victim was at 305ft. Can you do math?The DIR may have made no difference in this accident , but he would for sure have been less task loaded , he made poor choices before and during the dive.WHY? > >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. On this we agree. JT > >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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