Tom,
After 60, "elite" just means that you aren't already dead.  While you might
be in good shape, especially considering your age, 4 young "athletes" should
be able to better your VO2MAX.  If they can't, they might want to reconsider
using the term "athlete".  That is unless by young you mean anything less
than 55.

Question for you:  If 4 young, well-conditioned, "athletes" went out and
dove the Andrea Doria using big yellow rebreathers, what are the chances
that all four will die during the dive as a result of heart attack or other
natural causes?




-----Original Message-----
From: rebreather-request@nw*.co*
[mailto:rebreather-request@nw*.co*]On Behalf Of Tom Mount
Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 9:30 AM
To: Karl Kramer; Jody Everett
Cc: Techdiver (E-mail); RB flaming list
Subject: Re: Rebreather/Diving Age Limit?

Karl
I'm sixty, and my heart is perfect BP 130 over 70 pulse 50.  I just
completed a physical stress test with a rating of elite (whatever that
means). and a VO2 that exceeded 4 young athletes who took the test at the
same time I did.  So age is not the problem, fitness and maintaining good
condition is the controlling factor. I have dropped 20 year olds out of
programs due to their fitness level and had some of my most fit divers over
40.

Respectfully yours,
Tom Mount
CEO IANTD World HQ
http://www.iantd.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Kramer <Karl.W.Kramer@ph*.un*.de*>
To: Jody Everett <jodyev@in*.co*>
Cc: Techdiver (E-mail) <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; RB flaming list
<rebreather@nw*.co*>
Date: Monday, August 16, 1999 5:03 AM
Subject: Re: Rebreather/Diving Age Limit?


From:           "Jody Everett" <jodyev@in*.co*>

> Maybe all you guys over 40 should just give up diving.  There seems to be
a
> much higher rate of heart problems in the 40-50 age group of divers than
in
> the rest of the general population.

Hi Jody,

Rebreather-Divers are a preselected group,
what makes it quite normal that this
also means other matches / characteristics in common.
Those who prefer silence unter water are
surely often doing that because they are highly stress exposed at work
and so have a much higher rate of heart problems.

Then you refer to the Colour of housings: simply look at the sales-count,
it is more likely in absolute numbers that a money-spinner
(Car-Examole: like a VW) in involved in an accident / natural-causes death
than a shelf warmer.

Rgds,

    Karl



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