Deco problems?

[boulderjohn]

what are the problems that have solutions when you need to decompress?.

Had a leak in drysuit, was cold as F@k. 'Luckily' my catheter had come off and when I relieved myself, it got all warm.

I'm guessing this was not the kind of solution he was hoping for.

 

[Meng_Tze]

I'm guessing this was not the kind of solution he was hoping for.

Neither was I.

 

[AzAtty]

A mermaid turned me into a newt while on a deco hang once. But I got better.

 

[IDS_Bill]

A mermaid turned me into a newt while on a deco hang once. But I got better.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Knob fell off O2 bottle during a dive!

That happened to me on my first 200' dive (a class dive). Started over to swap bottles with the support diver when it occurred to me that I had managed to open the valve before the handle fell off. So I just did my deco off that bottle and fixed the valve handle after the dive.

No problem ...

... Bob

 

[TSandM]

I find the answers very interesting, because they seem to exemplify something that my cave instructor said to me: "We hope that, when you run into a problem in your subsequent cave diving, you'll shrug and say, 'Oh, THIS again . . . '" It appears that all the people who have listed problems have had exactly that reaction, which means that training is accomplishing what it should.

 

[karstdvr]

O2 combustion,fortunately it didn't fry the first stage,but left the inside of the valve sooty.

 

[rjack321]

I find the answers very interesting, because they seem to exemplify something that my cave instructor said to me: "We hope that, when you run into a problem in your subsequent cave diving, you'll shrug and say, 'Oh, THIS again . . . '" It appears that all the people who have listed problems have had exactly that reaction, which means that training is accomplishing what it should.

Apart from Freddie's relief , they are deco reg issues. Get the most flood/crap tolerate deco reg you can, a simple piston reg like a mk2.

Its still a somewhat stressful pita when you have this issues. The only good thing is that by the time you're on deco you are in the off-gassing zone (pretty much regardless of what you happen to be breathing) and at such a reduced ATAs that running out of all breathable gas is a much reduced concern. So taking a few minutes to deal with it isn't that big a deal. Whereas taking 5 minutes to deal with a problem (at even a slightly elevated RMV) on the bottom can really cascade into near disaster fast.

 

[jtivat]

Had my deep deco reg get unpressurized which allowed water into the first and it froze shut, would not give me any gas. Also have had a few free flows which are no big deal as you can just feather the valve this has all been in 38 degree water.

Had a timer fail again no big deal as I had a second.

 

[walke121]

I was spearfishing in the gulf and shot about a 80 lb AJ in 175' fsw. I blew off about 5 min of deco due to a very "friendly" tiger shark. I figure the tables and computers are based on theory, shark bite is for real. No issues though.