An age-old question: ways to 60m.

[tyson155]

I'm a deep air person. That's the cheapest way but it's often frowned upon by those with more money than me. Air density and narc are the biggest issues. I'm routinely down below 150 fsw on air with an occasional 180-190. I'm working towards 210 just to do it. Nothing I really want to see is much past 170 right now.

Do more dives on air at 150 and spend time at depth. Start going to 160 once you feel comfortable there and start spending time. Bounce to 170 and then hang out at 150-160 again. And so on and so on. It all really comes down to how you react to narcocis and how your buddy reacts.

Doubles, SM, and deco bottles are almost necessary for going that deep. I've done 170 with a single 119 and a pony but it was a bounce and not worth it. Double 100s with an AL40 gives me gas for days essentially.

I do enjoy double HP100s with an AL40. When doing deeper dives using, say 18/45 I felt more comfortable with HP130s for back gas. That said, I’m becoming less comfortable carrying those things with age.

 

[Boarderguy]

I do enjoy double HP100s with an AL40. When doing deeper dives using, say 18/45 I felt more comfortable with HP130s for back gas. That said, I’m becoming less comfortable carrying those things with age.

They really suck with gravity. I took a knee on gravely oyster shell beach in calf deep water to pick up a lift bag once... that experience made me question my life choices up to that point lol

 

[old frogman]

Nitrogen "narcosis" doesn't mean you're unconscious, that happens only in extreme cases. It usually means you're mentally slow, sleepy, confused with delayed response, dizzy. Symptoms also include being euphoric, over-confident, making bad decisions; some hallucinate. The Rouses were obviously not unconscious, that doesn't mean they were not severely impaired.

The fact that they overcame all the incidents and reached the surface clearly indicates to me that they were not severely impaired. If they were severely impaired, they would have never left the inside of the sub.

Just because some of you forever tadpoles get narked out in a bathtub does not mean that everyone is the same as you.

Please show some respect for those who came before you and passed away.

 

[old frogman]

thats cool man i have done some diving on the u869. it's a tube. it lays on its side so even more so than the 853 which sits upright

Was that on the sub or inside the sub? Big difference.