How do you know when you're ready to got to 150m?

[Thalassamania]

Gee thanks for being the arbiter of opinion.

Your welcome.

I know who he is, read some of his material. I know he's good.

That's nice.

Incidentally, corporations are not people,

Tell that to the U.S. Supreme Court.

but people make up corporations. One would think you could be a bit more original with your copy-paste tag line.

Just a bumper sticker I was and thought was apropos.

 

[Dsix36]

On Topic:

No-one on the board done a 150 (metres)?

Deepest I have been is 130m or 429ft. I was working my way up to it, but got a bit sidetracked when I had to have neck surgery.

 

[Thalassamania]

I can't find the aquaCorps Mix article on the web, I will talk to M² and Gene to see if we get a complete set of TechDiver and aquaCorps set up on RUBICON.

The AAUS article, which is more complete and was based on the Mix article, can be found here: AAUS_1992_22.pdf

 

[ajduplessis]

The guy looks like a cluster F to me.

Pretty crappy comment!! Tells me alot about you as a person. Well done!!

 

[Bombay High]

The guy looks like a cluster F to me.

Not quite the adjectives I'd use to describe Richard Pyle ...

 

[Bombay High]

Mr. Wart,
To get back to your original question, dive profiles vary greatly based on what your purpose of going down is.
I have been to approximately 150 metres several times between 1990 and 97 on open circuit.
I have as I stated, been to over 300 metres (1000 feet) on surface supplied closed circuit umbilical, but that does not apply here.
I would say that consistent practice with a motivated team, moving towards that goal is the safe way to do it.
You need to build your team, task loading and multitasking abilities to a point where they are second nature.

For me, the open circuit dives were usually scouts or recconaissance dives to analyse a work site before setting up saturation systems.

We dive together as teams that do this for a living for several hours a day for years. We also have massive infrastructure, not to mention a chamber on site.

It is not easy to put together a dive of that nature if your day job is not diving.

I've been reading this thread with interest over the last few days:
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/ad...master-im-ready-200-need-start-preparing.html

We often on this board help others find their way into Scuba, or even further into Tech, Cave, DIR or even Rebreather.

But I wonder how many have considered a dive of such a magnitude? Or indeed managed one. I ask as a few weeks back I was left sickeningly green with envy when a new acquaintance showed me his video; of himself, on the HMS Victoria
HMS Victoria (1887) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have to admit that the discussion of the actual dive was done amidst a few beers and I remember only that the bottom time was 17 minutes, I forget the deco.

But to the question in hand. has anyone on the board managed such a depth? What build up did you take in order to take this dive and how many tech dives had you done prior before thinking about attempting this?

 

[AfterDark]

I posted it before I'll posted it again: How do you know when you're ready to got to 150m? When you don't have to ask.

 

[scubamountaingirl]

let us know what you decide

 

[Thalassamania]

Not quite the adjectives I'd use to describe Richard Pyle ...

Rich has never been a slave to fashion.

 

[Sat Diver]

Interesting video (to some) of divers at work almost a 1000ft down.

Merg Sat Close Bell Diving at 278m - YouTube

You often forget that you are on the sea floor. The diving is a part of getting to work everyday. The real job starts once you reach.

(Sorry about the music)