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Yo, Adriaan
Maybe he'll kill himself for the good of diving. Let me reiterate
that we don't need any more bad influences PROMOTING challenges like
this. This type of attitude is directly responsible for pulling people
into technical diving solely for their machoistic boost. Some are using
their depth deffying feats to promote training including Gilliam and
Watts.
I Rodeles this month Brett is boasting about how he dove to a depths
of 500 fsw in order to intercept russion subs for the good of our
country. Thanks Mr. Gilliam for saving our country. Its ironic that the
technical editor of a magazine is always writing about himself including
his world record air dive(PROMOTING TDI). And Hal continues to use his
world record deep air dive set somewhere in the 19th century or so to
promote PSA (sounds like an airline don't it?)and his 40 fathom mud
hole.
Mr. Gilliam and Mr. Watts Stop the madness!
Anyway, how well can you train for narcosis it Hals 40 fathom aquatic
junk yard when planning a narcotic venture to 510+ fsw dive?
Lets see 510fsw - 240ffw = [16ata - 8 ata] 8atm difference. Hmmmm
Second thought, maybe he should live through it but with severely
irreversable paralasis so we can show him off in a traveling freak show
touring TDI and PSA training facilities <VBG>.
John
John
Adriaan_Haine@ce*.be* wrote:
>
> Just read this crazy Gem in the mailbag section of the UK Diver magazine:
>
> "I have just read your article on deep-air diving with great interest
(Kamikaze
> Divers, June). i am the British record-holder for deep air diving and the only
> instructor in the country under the banner of the Professional Scuba
> Association.
> Hal Watts is the owner and director of the PSA and has been training students
in
> deepair techniques since 1962. I have just started to theach his techniques
here
> in the UK - my aim is to educate existing technical divers in the safety
factors
> of being able to dive deeper on air. We train people to deal with narcosis and
> to realize that we all get it - there are no exceptions. All the skills are
> based on depth, air, time and awareness (DATA).
> I regularly dive beyond 100m on air for up to 10-minute bottom times, and my
> descent rate is 50m per minute. I have just returned from the USA after more
> training with Hal and travel to the philippines in July to attempt to break
the
> world-record air dive, currently set at 147m by Dan Manion in 1994. I am
> sponsored by Poseidon UK and O'Three drysuits and my dive will be to 155m.
> <part snipped with some blabla about how good Diver has become>
>
> Was signed, Mark Andrews."
>
> I am always struck by dual feelings when I read something like that. On the
one
> hand I feel that Mr.Andrews must have very big cojones to dive to such a depth
> on air, and on the other hand, I feel this is about the stupidest thing a
diver
> can do. I wonder if anyone on this list knows what he means with 'we train
> people to deal with narcosis'? I hope he has some standby divers using
trimix.
> Wasn't the record dive of Dan Manion the one where he lost consciousness at
> depth (the wah-wah strikes again), and regained consciousness while speeding
to
> the surface?
> I suppose we have to keep an eye on the Philippine newspapers (obituary
> section?) to find out if Mr. Andrews made it.
>
> Very nice is the mention in the News section of the same magazine of the WKPP
> world cave-diving traverse record, swimming 4267m from Big Dismal to Cheryl
Sink
> in Wakulla County, Florida. Well done, guys, you're famous now! It further
says
> they broke a previous record set by British divers (3261m) in northern
Englands
> Three Counties System.
>
> Have fun
>
> Adri Haine
>
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