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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] a 1atm dry sub or a potential coffin?
Hey Ya'll,
So where did you say you are from? I live in northern
Alabama, so maybe we could get together sometime.
Dewey
--- maxxx1@comcast.net wrote:
> Hello All,
> In an ambient sub, of course you have to deal with
> physiological effects of breathing pressurized
> gasses but that is identical with being a scuba
> diver who must religously follow the dive tables.I
> know divers who dive alone and who
> also dive decompression dives with mixed gasses and
> they just keep dialing up the risk.In general, the
> deeper you go in your sub,ambient or 1atm the
> greater risk your taking. I have been 940 feet in my
> sub maximum,at this depth or even less nobody can
> resue me (In Michigan) in time eventhough I carry
> mabee 36 to 48 hours supply of O2 and soda zorb.I
> certainly cannot evacuate the sub at these
> depths.From what I understand approx 450 feet is the
> record for the maximum actual ascend from a crippled
> sub.(can anyone verify this?)
>
> THE DEEPER YOU GO THE MORE RISK YOU ARE TAKING! in
> ambient or 1atm
> > Hi Dewey - I think even a pilot of a 1atm dry sub
> should learn first at
> > least a basic scuba diving cource - just to
> understand the basics how a
> > human body works under pressure. There is in a
> good cource a lot of
> > physic knowledge to learn. And it give you the
> possibilty to flood the
> > bioat and get out - in the event thats the boat it
> catched on the
> > ground.
> >
> > regards Carsten
> >
> > Dewey Mason schrieb:
> > >
> > > Hey All,
> > > I just had to jump in here. I do so love these
> types
> > > of discourses. I agree with Robert about a one
> atm
> > > sub. The homework is super critical. However, an
> > > ambient boat is no less dangerous. I work day to
> day
> > > as a diver. I train divers to do work
> underwater, and
> > > in extreme circumstances. As such, I feel
> qualified to
> > > say, "If you are not an experienced, well
> trained and
> > > certified diver, keep your backside OUT of the
> seat of
> > > an ambient pressure sub. PERIOD. Even as a
> passenger".
> > > All of the hazards of diving apply in a sub, but
> the
> > > hard work of diving is mostly absent. Too easy
> to
> > > forget the time-depth factor, or more
> accurately,
> > > death factor. I've seen men bend, it is horrible
> to
> > > watch. I have recovered the bodies of several
> men who
> > > failed to heed the warnings of wiser men and
> done
> > > STUPID underwater. STUPID is FATAL in ANY
> hyperbaric
> > > environment. And the more comfortable the
> environment,
> > > the easier it is to go over your no-deco limits.
> At
> > > which time, if you are not prepared, both with
> the
> > > requisite knowledge and sufficient equipment to
> > > decompress, you risk an utterly vile death. This
> does
> > > not touch on the ares of oxygen toxicity,
> narcosis,
> > > CO2 poisoning, O2 deficiency, or a host of other
> > > potential ouches that one can find at depth. Get
> > > trained. WELL trained. Dive first, a lot. Learn,
> > > learn, learn. Then you will stay safer. Training
> and
> > > experience are the best life insurance. Anyway,
> enough
> > > doom and gloom. I just wanted to chime in on the
> > > wet-dry debate to point out that a wet sub is as
> easy
> > > to die in as a dry one. 1 atm or ambi-sub,
> homework is
> > > the only way to not wake up dead.
> > > Dewey Mason
> > > Abyss Marine Technologies
> > >
> > >
> >
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