Evensplit

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Extremely well put! :clap

bmoore

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=smalltxt vAlign=top><SPAN id=_ctl1_ctlTopic_ctlPanelBar_ctlTopicsRepeater__c tl1_lblFullMessage>"well afteralmost a year of having the dive plan hanging in my office if finally got the opportunity to do it.

I HIT THE SAND AT THE ORISKANY ON AIR!!!!!

i rolled of the boat with double LP 95's topped to 3200 of regular ol' 21% air and a 40cuft of 100% O2. "

Congrats!

I did this about a year ago thinking I would find some gear...didn't find any that time......

It is a different experience being on the sand there looking up at that huge chunk of steel rising out of view is'nt it!

You sound like you had the right set up for it and planned it out accordingly. On your doubles, did you have a first stage, second stage and pressure guageon each post?If you are diving deep, alone,( and there are mixed feelings on the subject), you need to bring your buddy with you and have total redundancy.

If I am making a dive at the 200ft level I will have two (or even three) of everything including computers. I also bring an analog gauge and a timer with some tables incase all else fails. Mask in a pocket on the old harness is coming along as well!

Here is a link with some equipment configurations you might befind interesting:

http://www.gue.com/?q=en/Equipment/Config/index.html

Read up and be safe.

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Mike aka FishWerks

Very well said and it needed to be said. Your post count makes me wonder; Who are you really Mr. Reaper?

cmufieldhockey8

Mr. Sean, I saw that you have over 1000 dives, would you mind telling us who don't know you what your certification level is?

Evensplit

He's Tech certified, Adv Ean, Staged Deco at least, maybe more. He pushed this one a bit though.

Crayfishtom

I just saw the dive posted and am amazed at this attempt without anyone with you and even one or more at deco levels. having been a navy trained diver and certified NAUI,PADI and YMCA scuba instructor for many yrs. I to was very safety oriented with thousands of hrs u/w including under ice,cave, rescue and deep diving. However, sometimes things occur at depth we don't remember. I spent 7 days in a chamber at Duke University after a dive, they(Duke Dr's) could not pinpoint the cause,:did not exceed the time at depth per tables.After recovery and able to walk again it will wake you up, next time could be your last. So my suggestion is to not exceed the sport diving limit for scuba unless you are Highly trained and have resources (chamber,Dr.'s) to help if needed. Good diving

Crayfishtom

spearfisher

Mike,G-Reaper isone of the most qualified divers I know to speak on the subject.

FLYBOY

Glad to see you finally did it:bowdown....see anything we can shoot down there...save me a few fish...96 days and counting

KeyLargoKip

Whoa!



I always like to read DAN's annual report on DCS, scuba incidents and fatalities. One of the most interesting (and consistent) statistics is that the vast majority of dive fatalities occur with "experienced" divers who have 6 or more years of experience. Check it out: http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/me...port/index.asp



I don't know your level of certification, obviously not trimix but hopefully you are at least trained for deep air and decompression procedures. Reading about it in a book and cutting tables using some computer generated algorithm can be done by anyone. The vast majority of training for technical diving is about what to do when things don't go as planned and things NEVER go as planned!



I spent more than 10 years "in the business" teaching scuba, teaching instructors and driving charter boats and the dead divers I pulled out of the water were almost always the ones who came off as having the most experience.



Trimix was developed for a reason - to keep your END as close to 130' as possible. And the reason for that was too many divers were dying because the deeper they got the stupider they got.



Diving beyond your training and experience and beyond recommended limits for gases isn't brave, isn't pushing the envelope, and isn't to be congratulated - its dangerous and serves no purpose.



My advice: if you want to know what its liked to be really narced drink a bottle of Jack Daniels and have someone drive you to the emergency room. Your chances of survival will be higher.

Biller48

sounds like a wild dive, man i'd probally still be there after narking out and chasing colors. great post.:clap

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