From Pete's article previously posted:
...I took a look at my right post reg last night - its screwed, IP gauge pegs
at 300+ psi. Looks like it was probably creeping and after switching to
my deco bottle and no longer relieving the pressure by breathing from
the reg, it blew out into my wing.
Later in the article:
...I've had a few intermittent IP creep issues with all 3 of my Apeks ATX
200's. Several other local divers have had issues with them. Its been my
own irresponsible fault for continuing to dive them. All of my TX50's
have been solid with no issues. I actually had the 200's serviced just 3
months ago and had said to myself if they crept again I'd replace them.
I should have never kept them as long as I did, they're history.
Here's the link to a later post where somebody screwed the adjustment knob on the second stage (TX50) to reduce freeflow (as I would on my necklace reg or on a pony setup), then adjusted the IP up until a freeflow occurred.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ba_diving/message/23493
I think those of us with Apeks ATX 200's went out and bought IP gauges after that if we didn't already have them.
Hey, don't believe it and dive however you want. I could care less. Keep believing that you can "just" disconnect the inflator in two seconds, dump your BCD/Drysuit and recover. Pete's ascent was 65 feet in ten seconds. If you can recognize, diagnose, and correct the problem in the two or three seconds before the ascent becomes a runaway, more power to ya. You'd be a better diver than I'd ever hope to be.
There were at least 50 posts on ba_diving after Pete's incident occurred. Sign up to the group and read them if you want. Look in the Feb 2005 folder.