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Alan Wright writes: > I was just musing this over in my mind and I reckon that, depending on air > consumption rates, a 60cuft cylinder would last between 10 and 20 mins on a > dive to this depth. Given that we are talking about a novice and 2 non-divers > (by implication) I would tend to think their consumption rates would be quite > high. > > Descent and ascent alone would account for at least 6 mins, and I would be > surprised if they did it that quickly. The NDL is something like 5 or 6 mins > (I'm guessing because I don't have tables in front of me) so they were runnin g > a tight schedule. Lucky or not, I think this is quite an impressive profile > for a novice to complete safely. Depends on what you mean by "impressive". Impressive in it's stupidity, yes. Impressive as a feat, like successfully climbing K2 or something, no. I have no problem calling these guys reckless and stupid. No problem at all. Further, it is indisputable that they were lucky -- any of a large number of problems that thankfully didn't take place could easily have killed these macho morons, things that would easily be survived with the proper technique and equipment. Having done a macho moronic dive myself once in the past and thankfully surviving it, I don't feel reluctant at all to label such activity as such. Fortunately, I have garnered considerable sense in the ensuing years regarding such recklessness. Dave Waller Hewlett-Packard Co. 19055 Pruneridge Ave. Workstation Systems Division Cupertino, CA 95014-9809 Channel Partner Consulting, West (408|T) 447-4413 dwaller@cu*.hp*.co*
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