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His buddy was doing this on an AL80? Holy crap, did anyone train these guys or did they just go to Big Bobs Discount Dive and Auto Parts Recycling Store? I've been to 120' in the open ocean with a steel 95 and done a major wreck penetration with a 4 cell light as my sole light source, wearing a wet suit, in 40 degree water. Now that I know what the hell I'm doing, I get spooked just thinking about it. I brought this up mainly because of the total lack of understanding that must have gone into the dive plan. I know people who did this sort of thing in the 60's when no one knew any better (for reference, look up the Time magazine article on diving the Doria the year after she sank). None of them would ever do it now, and therefor they are alive to pass on what they've learned. Wendell PS, someone there has told me that he was actually wearing a dry suit, but apparently the rest of the report is accurate. He was using a pony bottle, but had 900 psi in his main tank when recovered. 7/10/01 7:05:48 PM, "Thom Hadfield" <thom.hadfield@ho*.co*> wrote: >I have dove lake superior in a wet suit in 39 degree water. I however would >not dive to this depth. I was diving in the Sault when I heard the distress >call go out. From the parts that I could here I thought he had drifted away >from the boat. I could only here the coast guard. I am new into tech diving >and am slowly exploring my limits. My gear is my biggest limit followed by >expierence. In regaurds to this accident the first information I heard was >that the first diver ascended because of his air supply (80) was low. the >second diver stayed down (like he normally does) (steel 120) but after 30 >minutes the diver surfaced to warn the boat and went back down to finish >deco. I cannot afford doubles as of yet. My next purchase is an isolation >valve. But I do dive 120' on a wetsuit and a 120 but I always stay with my >buddy. It sounds like he should have never left his spare air supple (buddy) >for either of their safeties. > >My opinion >Thom > >I know others wont agree with my type of diving but I thought I would add to >what I knew about the accident -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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