HOW DEEP HAVE YOU GONE?

[joewr]

You can watch the Shawshank Redemption one more time and see one of my favorite actors, Morgan Freeman, deliver MrMrEZG's motto: "Get busy livin' or get busy diein'" Great quote EZG--I've been meaning to tell you that for a while!

I hope you are doing the former!

Joewr--who loved Driving Miss Daisy, Glory, Nurse Betty and damn near everything Morgan Freeman has ever done!

 

[blacknet]

Hello,

One minor correction

Hypoxia is close but this is what the usn manual states on hypoxia

"a drop to 0.14 ata causes the onset of hypoxic symptoms on the surface. If the ppO 2 goes as low as 0.11 ata at the surface, most individuals become hypoxic to the point of being nearly helpless. Consciousness is usually lost at about 0.10 ata and at much below this level, permanent brain damage and death will probably occur."

As for the ox tox part, there's numerous studies, reports and the like in the earlier days of deep air dives stating divers having ox tox signs while drasticaly increasing their work load. A po2 of 1.4 or below is unlikely to cause a cns ox tox. (Also co2 levels, work loads, and other factors plays major factors in ox tox).

Not saying that this depth was good/bad but saying a person CAN overcome the obsticles by NOT doing any work, strenous activity or the like while at those depths. This rules out any chance of doing any form of rescue or practicaly any type of activity. (else you run this risk of taking ox tox)

Ed

 

[Mario S Caner]

Just have one thing to say: Save the Drama fo yo Mama! hehe

 

[DeepSeaDan]

As a working diver, I spent several days popping to & from the deepest hole in Lake Erie...209'. Now, the work to be done was about 6' below the mud line, so I reckon that jumps it to 215.

The first few trips were a tad head-spinning as I recall, but from then on we acclimated & it was business as usual.Know this...I was surface-supplied, standby diver @ the ready, chamber on site & unlimited air supply.

Thats the only way this guy is seeing (or,in this case, not seeing anything) that tall of water.

I am now quite content to puddle jump...warm clear water, moocho bottom time & no crushing ata.'s to rattle my rotting bones!

D.S.D.

 

[WolfEl]

My deepest dive took place in fresh water. I was a few years ago in the early 60's at Lake Chelan, WA. I was part of a six man, two team rescue/body recovery unit from the King County Sheriff's dive team. We were called in by the local Sheriff to try and find a male who had been out in a small boat with another man who said he had fell in and drowned. The Sheriff wanted to see if he had any damage that would indicate foul play. We planned a no deco "bounce" dive with a circle search at the bottom, which was at 220 feet. The first team went down and made a half circle and returned. The 2nd team (mine) went into the water and I started down. On getting to the bottom it was pitch black and I found I was alone. I thought about making the circle, but then reconsidered...feeling that I was silly to be there alone. I felt very apprehensive. Boy did that two hose regulator sing at that depth! The two other people on my team claimed to have ear clearing problems. Would I do that dive now and at my age? No way! I just started diving again at age 70 after an OW PADI certification. All new types of gear to include a dry suit, BCD, Octo, and single hose reg.

 

[Mario S Caner]

Awesome story WolfEl, so glad to have you here! Do you have any pictures from 'back in the day'? We would love to see stuff like that!

 

[WolfEl]

Sorry Mario, I don't really have any pictures of note from that period. As a Sheriff's Diver I was usually to busy with the recovery of bodies and or evidance to take pictures. Also, the underwater cameras were not all that available in those days. Visability in most of the local lakes didn't lend itself to underwater photos either. I was involved in the recovery of over 200 or so bodies plus a few live unlimited Hydro drivers during that time. Body recovery was one of the reasons I quit diving in the Mid 70's. I started diving in 1955 and dove for the department until '71. As I said I got the bug to dive again just this last May 01. During the 60's I was the rescue diver in the USCG Helo during Gold Cup and Seafair Unlimited Hydro races held on Lk. Washington. I jumped from the hovering helo in full SCUBA gear to find and place the driver(s) in the basket to be hoisted into the helo. Usually, I was alone in the water on the course until picked up by boat. As a matter of fact the program 'Seahunt' used footage of me jumping into the wreckage taken from above the USCG Helo at the start of their show. No credits for me though, some thought I was USCG diver, but they didn't use divers at that time.

 

[Kane(adian)]

Whoa... exciting stories...heart rate has increased to that of a normal human...gotta watch for that footage on the reruns that we occasionally get. Sounds like you had some adventures. Glad you got back into diving.

 

[jbd]

As I thought about your posts Wolf it struck me that you have seen diving from the Ford model A version to the Camry version of the current day. Glad to have you here and back into diving. Also thanks for the work you have done in the past.

 

[Mario S Caner]

WolfEl, very cool stories indeed. Gonna enjoy your participation here WolfEl!