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Natural selection is at work here. Leave it alone. Soon, there will be fewer and fewer attempts at world's record depths on air. Frankly, 450 is my personal limit. On Mon, 24 Jul 1995 IRVINE!ENG1!SFARINHA@be*.at*.co* wrote: > > 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? > There was also an interview with Bret Gilliam in which he talks about deep > air > diving records. He mentions that there are only three people who have > survived dives below 450ft, and that this is a "small fraternity". In light > of all > the discussion regarding the recent 'record breaking' death, does Gilliam's > attitude in this article bug anybody else? It seemed to me to be a bit > irresponsible. There was no discussion about how dangerous this kind of > 'record breaking' BS is, or any mention about how many people have died > in its pursuit. Anyone want to comment on this? > > Scott > IRVINE!ENG1!sfarinha@be*.at*.co* > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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