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>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. > > >signed, Mark Andrews At 02:54 PM 23/7/99 EDT, al wells wrote: > ....I am not an advocate of deep air diving, >but if I ever feel the need to do it he (Hal Watts) is the >only one I would go to.... > >...I wish Mr. Andrews a safe run at the record. I personally > think it's not wise, but he is going to do it no matter what >we think and I hope it comes out ok. I personally think that the best outcome we can hope for is that the poor dickhead dies and the world gets to see some video bites of his corpse with the sponsors' logos emblazoned on it. It will serve as a salutary lesson on the dangers of diving deep while breathing a poisonous gas mixture. But more importantly, it may discourage irresponsible bottom-feeding corporations like Poseidon from encouraging and lending the appearance of credibility to these feats of amazing stupidity. It's the moral equivalent of the Bostik Corporation sponsoring a glue sniffing contest. rgrds billyw -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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