diver_doug
Contributor
I'm not a cave diver, but this is something I'm curious about and I figured people here would know.
How does depth work (as far as gas management, decompression limits, etc. are concerned)? What I mean is this: Let's say you enter, for example, a passageway near the surface that is, 10ft (i.e. a passageway near the surface that measures 10ft from top to bottom). And for several hundred feet you traverse through this downward-slanting 10ft "tall" passageway until you are, say, 100ft below the surface. At this point you are 100ft below the surface, BUT you are in a water-filled passage that is only 10ft "tall". So at this point would it be "as if" you are in about 10ft of water, or "as if" you are in about 100ft of water? Or neither?
How does depth work (as far as gas management, decompression limits, etc. are concerned)? What I mean is this: Let's say you enter, for example, a passageway near the surface that is, 10ft (i.e. a passageway near the surface that measures 10ft from top to bottom). And for several hundred feet you traverse through this downward-slanting 10ft "tall" passageway until you are, say, 100ft below the surface. At this point you are 100ft below the surface, BUT you are in a water-filled passage that is only 10ft "tall". So at this point would it be "as if" you are in about 10ft of water, or "as if" you are in about 100ft of water? Or neither?