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> 
> The wreck sits in 250 fsw, usually the dead folks get lost inside
> and run out of air as the wreck is mostly intact and on her
> side so it disorients people.
> 

I read an article by Gary Gentile (can't remember where) in which he said his 
closest brush with death was on the Doria.

He had made numerous dives on the wreck before but this time was lost and 
running out of air and began to panic. He said he stopped and got his wits 
together and tried to figure out the problem.

It dawned on him that he had slipped up and temporarily forgotten that his map 
was a floor plan of the ship sitting upright. Since it is on its side that left 
turn was not a left turn but descending a level, etc.

He found his way out, and lived to write the article. :-)

It is evidently confusing in there even for very experienced folks with lots 
of dives on the wreck.

Rick

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