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> The fact is that there is no reason on earth to do fast decents, and in
> fact that is what cuases the problems you describe. That is why the oil
> companies use slow decents. If you must do thess dives to catch your
> fish, and you are using a closed circuit rebreather, there is no reason
> you can not decend slowly.

Chief, you're revealing your ignorance here.  Try dropping through 380 feet
of blue water to hit a ledge that runs at an angle to a 1-knot current.
Miss it on the outside and you're over 1,300 feet of water.  Miss it on the
inside and you're in a barren sand dessert. By the way, when I dive in Kona
or in Palau, following a drop-off, I quite often temper my descent rate to
what you suggest - and guess what, I still get the same physiological (not
psychological) willies. Taking 10 minutes to reach 300 is virtually the same
as taking 3 minutes to get there.  The "pros" take 24 hours to get to 1000
feet.  Sorry, but compared to this "correct" rate of descent, you and I are
both doing extremely rapid descents.

Aloha,
Rich


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