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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 08:48:10 -0500 (EST)
From: JORGE REY - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA <JRR%vero@gn*.if*.uf*.ed*>
Subject: Pipin
To: techdiver@terra.net

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This months issue of Scuba Times has a good section on deep diving.
One of the articles was on Pipin's record breaking free dive. Although the
article did give good detail on how the pressure affected his chest cavity,
there was no explanation on how his ears dealt with it. It would seem, that
with
out being able to fill the inner ear with compressed air to equalize them,
they
should implode at 13 atm. Anybody have any input on this?
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	At depth, Pipin uses salt water to equalize his sinuses (!!!!!).
What little air is left somehow makes it way to the ears (a tiny bubble
in each).  Does this sound like fun or what?

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