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JT, And I for one am damn glad that you and Jim tell it like it was, because there is always something to learn from it. I hit your page and checked out the photos from the trip. Glad you're okay, and sorry Jim lost his scooter. After you get your trigger fixed, it will be interesting to see how deep you can take your foam job. Later, Don W. Capt JT wrote: > > Mike as a side note here, the reason I tell these things are so those that > want to get into this kind of thing must face the facts. > Even following the rules can result in problems, I have seen several deep > divers have this happen to them, by those that really do the dives it is > considered a SIDE EFFECT of the dives. The real game is to make it as safe > as possible, live to tell about it, avoid mistakes, and make it as easy as > you can. Even though this was the worst case I've had to date it will not > make me stop doing the dives. > It is no coincident that all three of us that went that deep are single > with no kids. I had hoped that the profile of the dive from Cobbs nitek > would show something, the profile shows I should be dead or still in a > chamber. So we know it is incorrect. I will have all kinds of photos on my > in the next couple of days, including ones of the skin bends. Trust me it > ain't pretty. > > At 07:19 AM 6/13/00 -0400, Mike Rodriguez wrote: > >At 06:18 AM 6/13/00 -0400, Capt JT wrote: > > > > >Notice I said" my time starts when I reach the wreck", it came up to 300 ft > > >, which is where I got to it. I have always been able to shave time off my > > >deco, this was not one of those I think. I am not worried about extra > > >minutes, funny thing the other 2 were never more than 30 ft from me. I did > > >15 more mintues of deco than them. They were fine. > > > >Hmmm... interesting. > > > >Well, predicting deco is a lot like predicting the weather... no matter > >what the model says, it still might rain. > > > >I guess it was just 'your turn'. I'm glad it wasn't any more serious > >than skin-bends. > > > >-Mike Rodriguez > ><mikey@mi*.ne*> > >http://www.mikey.net/aue > >Pn(x) = (1/(2^n)n!)[d/dx]^n(x^2 - 1)^n > > "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the > water" > Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more > Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ > Email captjt@mi*.co* > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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