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So you know that for a fact? I was unaware of any accident analysis results released as yet.

Lots of speculation w/o facts here but no one has mentioned that at his age this could have been entirely a medical issue and not a dive issue.

We dove together many times, a wonderful person, I am deeply saddened by this news. RIP my buddy.

some trigger shots

It think it was just the camera angle. It does not look bent to me. let me know if you want other pics or measurements

I can ship.

Located in So Cal. I have not used it for about 3 years so I am putting it on the market. The trigger seems to be jammed. extra parts (see pic) are included $850 obo

Marie13 I would highly recommend it. Nitrox (32% to 110) and then a light tri-mix after that (or at least 28% Nitrox). Not only will it be safer because you will have a lower PPN2, but you will enjoy the dive more as you will have more clarity. I think you are making a very smart move to do it.

I'm not sure why that is relevant, but 250 to 300 dives down to 310 feet. The point of this forum is to learn if there are ways to avoid such a tragedy. Both Esprise me and I suggest that preconditioning a protocol of both buddies surfacing if one thumbs the dive for whatever reason would...

I think you are right. It helps to precondition a response. It is not 100% but it is far from zero also.

during our pre-dive discussion I always tell my buddy that if either of us thumbs the dive we both end it and that they should not hesitate to do it for whatever reason. I get their agreement or we don't dive together. I don't know if such a discussion would have helped here, but maybe just...

I agree, divers who have been active all their lives, who are in excellent physical condition, and who are well trained all mitigate the risks associated with an aging body, perhaps to a large extent. My point is that 100m diving being normalized has two consequences: 1. more people will do it...

What I have not seen here is the fact that these dives are very costly. As rjack321 said, there are a lot of logistics involved and expensive equipment. That means that divers are going to be older on average. In the science of diving, not much data is available to assess the risk associated...

I am 1063 Bill we are pulling for you Jerry

Do we know anything more at this point? Jerry

Oh this so saddens me--such a wonderful person.

I dove there once, the waves were ankle-slappers and I did not think the exit was a big deal, but it is easy, as I recall, to route your dive quite far down from the beach, so an exit further down is logical

Isabelle, I believe Andrew Ainslie (former dean at Anderson and now dean at Rochester) dove it a couple of years ago. I'm sure he would be willing to talk with you.

Agree -- the only things we know are: 1. two Russians were diving and died. 2. They were outside a cave which purportedly was the purpose of their dive, but may or may not have been the ultimate dive. 3. They were using rebreathers for their scuba equipment which may or may not have been a...

I think the question is really a broader one: Clearly this was a case in which the operator did about as much wrong as could be possible and I don't understand how that could happen, but should Hollis have made a device which could not be assembled in such a way? There are two points of view...