Diving the New York water tunnels

[altaskier]

Heavy duty diving here! 97.5% helium, 2.5% oxygen; living in a pressure chamber; diving in a VERY confined environment...
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[psychocabbage]

umm.. how is this in any way basic?

 

[DaleC]

umm.. how is this in any way basic?

What, didn't you cover saturation diving in OW?
Just another fine example of the lower standards being taught today

 

[NudeDiver]

Bah - leave him alone. It's an interesting article that I would not have seen otherwise.

It's amazing that you can live off of 2-3% O2. It's also amazing that NYers cosnume 150 gallons of water per person per day. Good lord!!

 

[Pearldiver07]

Great article !

But I would agree that maybe this belongs in another forum.

 

[Blazinator]

Wow - the article says that the pressure dulls their taste buds, so they request lots of tabasco sauce and hot peppers to eat while in saturation. And that the pressure causes bread to be flat like a pita.
Also unique is that the air technicians boost the divers oxygen levels to keep them alert.

Does this bolster the arguments from Nitrox users that the extra oxygen helps relieve fatigue, that so many argue is just placebo effect?

 

[tomboyy]

umm.. how is this in any way basic?

Basic is a relative term.. relative meaning a concept which is dependent on something else. What is basic to some might not be to others. Moving to another forum would be alittle anal

 

[Artimas]

I enjoyed the article, and don't mind that it's posted here.

I wonder how much those guys are being paid to do that.

 

[sabbath999]

What, didn't you cover saturation diving in OW?
Just another fine example of the lower standards being taught today

 

[dougchartier]

Sorry for what might be a dumb question (I'm new to diving), but why do the divers have to breath a deep water mixture like that for a pipe that's only 13.5 feet wide? I presume that the divers must be subjected to high pressures, but from what?

Thanks.

Doug