ClevelandDiver
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See post number 57. http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=98389&page=6
Discussion goes on for some time afterward.
Discussion goes on for some time afterward.
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sbrooks:This is what I hate about this forum. The guy asks a simple question.. Have you heard of it, does it work.. A simple answer, Yes or No woulds suffice. But no, everyone tries to nail the guy, I'm assuming, because it doesn't sound feasible.. Not everyone is as knowledgeable about scuba as YOU.
Fish_Whisperer:I wonder what the ramifications will be on things like bottom times, NDL's, and other facets of dive physiology.
Blitz:Typical red leg
chrispete:You will still be breathing air compressed to match the surrounding water pressure, so it won't get rid of NDL's. The same rules will apply, just the source of gas will be different.
Actually, lots of divers stay down for hours. It requires a complicated setup with doubles and a bunch of stage bottles, though... or a rebreather. The rebreather guys stay down for hours on end no problem. Of course, if you stay down deep for a long time, you have to decompress for a looooong time, too. That's why it's essential to have that much extra gas available. The people that set record-breaking deep dives stay on the bottom for minutes or seconds... and then spend the next 12 hours decompressing. Yikes!Fish_Whisperer:Well, I was wondering, because the last sentence in the article states that there's a special vest that will allow divers to stay down for hours. I kind of scratched my head when I read that. The only divers I know that stay down for hours, are commercial divers who live in a pressurized environment, either while working, or else in their deco chamber quarters. That's what prompted my questions. Thanks!