Art, I think the odd thing about the diver in question was that he was in 
good shape, an experienced diver, so why did he die?

While so much is known about this fatality (certainly much more than the 
usual Doria death thanks to some people who were there not following the 
tech diver "code of silence"), nothing is known about the moment of his 
demise.

This is leading to much speculation as to what is the "smoking gun", what 
was the main factor(s) that killed him. IMHO the two suspects are:

1. He made a judgement error, he did not rest to offgas the CO2 in his 
system after greatly exerting himself, and he did not avoid exerting 
himself in the first place.

2. His high-drag "old timer" gear configuration is what lead him to 
getting winded in the first place, compounded with no real buddy plan. 
When you call a dive in a real buddy situation the buddy(s) should have 
called the dive as well.

As JT has said it behooves you divers out there to make it crystal clear 
that you are a solo diver and responsible for no one when you jump in.

Or you people are going to have to learn to use a "real" buddy teams with 
clear, active, effective and practiced buddy plans and actions, which 
makes tech dives more survivable, with out a doubt.

If you divers out there keep doing this "same ocean" buddy stuff then you 
will, one day, have Alton Hall or one of his shark-skin suited cohorts 
knocking on your door with a lawsuit blaming you for your "same ocean" 
buddy's death.

   Jim


Sender: Paltz, Art  Date: 8/17/99 10:14 AM

>Gotta jump in here.  I have been following this thread with great interest
>cause I know the people involved.  I have not heard anyone who was there say
>he was breathing the air tank as a travel mix.  This is just another example
>of people assuming and making statements to further the cause or just jump
>in the band wagon.  Is using air as a travel mix stupid when you've got a
>17% back mix?  Yes it is.  Was it used, I think not!
>
>Art.


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