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> Date sent: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 11:57:13 -0400 (EDT) > From: Roderick Farb <rfarb@em*.un*.ed*> > I neglected to say that the dives (200 feet, dark and 49 degrees F) in > France on the CSS Alabama were all done on air. Because some of the divers > on the project are commercial divers working for MELOX, COGEMA and COMEX > insurance regs. prohibit the use of helium in scuba tanks. So all > several hundred diver-dives made in the past nine years have been done > on air. Without incident. Their outstanding work has been published in > numerous scholarly journals in France and the US. What physical condition are these divers in? How often do they workout? How long have they been diving? How long have they been training for this kind of work? How come the US Navy seems to say that diving below 190' on air is a waste because of the limitations of the narcosis? Does the US Navy not know anything about deep air diving? Also, since you mentioned they're all commercial divers doing this work, let's talk about what preparations they have. I take it there's a chamber on-site? Physicians on-site? Large support team on-site? In otherwords, there's a bunch of stuff on-site for emergencies out of the realm of normal ordinary every day divers, including "technical" divers? By "without incident" do you mean no one died, or there hasn't been any sort of accident requiring medical attention? Yes, every diver has the right to go to 200' on air if they want to. However, they also have the right to jump out of a perfectly good airplane without a parachute, lay down in the middle of a highway, or run into South-Central LA shouting "OJ SHOULD BE IN JAIL!". Don't you think however that anyone contemplating deep air diving should be aware of the precautions that these same divers in France are taking, and maybe factor that in before taking the plunge? Ken -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ken Sallot "There are old divers, and there are bold CIRCA divers, but there are no old bold divers" (904) 392-2007 kens@uf*.ed* http://grove.ufl.edu/~ken -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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