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All but the most incompetent support diver would have saved his ass.. Don't let the salient issues get misdirected.. Read the report, they had no in water support team, and Garrett happened upon somebody who came by to help him.. They had no in water or topside support for a 300' dive, if that is what he was teaching then perhaps it's better he is no longer teaching... These basic and fundamental planning protocols get lost in the flames.. Later ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Volosik" <adamjma@op*.ne*> To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 12:09 PM Subject: Reply to G and Garett acident report > (snip) > > > Also, they were carrying an Al80 (10/50) and an Al40 (O2) as bailout > each, > > > equipped with inflator hoses, gauges, and second stage. > > I seem to be confused, how is this a bailout? Maybe I missed something in > the report but it seems like they didn't have a proper bailout plan. How can > you function (let alone try to decompress) with a 10% O2 mix. It seems like > maybe an extra bottle of 50/50 may have made a difference? At least @ the > 60' stop (where a problem seemed very apparent) they could have switched to > the 50/50 and did the decompression on open circuit. > > > > > Adam Volosik > > -- > 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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