Consider this... buddy pair doing a recreational dive with typical recreational gear. Buddy one has a catastrophic loss of gas at depth. Buddy two has half a tank of gas left which they share for their ascent. Run some numbers. How do they do?
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Maybe this is your point, but screw the numbers. Up you go at 60fpm until safety stop depth. This is what they teach in OW and there is no reason to complicate it.Consider this... buddy pair doing a recreational dive with typical recreational gear. Buddy one has a catastrophic loss of gas at depth. Buddy two has half a tank of gas left which they share for their ascent. Run some numbers. How do they do?
FTFY.Consider this... INSTAbuddy pair doing a recreational dive with typical recreational gear... How do they do?
Consider this... buddy pair doing a recreational dive with typical recreational gear. Buddy one has a catastrophic loss of gas at depth. Buddy two has half a tank of gas left which they share for their ascent. Run some numbers. How do they do?
It's a little hard to believe this thread has lasted for 20 pages.
What makes you such an expert on gas?FTFY.
But seriously, for 90% of urgent situations, of course you're right. Then again, redundant gas is redundant gas. I don't think we should argue over the basic premise of redundant gas.
18m Beginner/Novice OW LimitConsider this... buddy pair doing a recreational dive with typical recreational gear. Buddy one has a catastrophic loss of gas at depth. Buddy two has half a tank of gas left which they share for their ascent. Run some numbers. How do they do?
Sounds like it’s better to be on the surface with a squawking computer than not make it up.Maybe this is your point, but screw the numbers. Up you go at 60fpm until safety stop depth. This is what they teach in OW and there is no reason to complicate it.
FWIW, we are talking about an ascent on a pony after a failure or out of gas on a single tank rig. Not a CESA.The reality of an emergency ascent is totally different than what people are thinking, when you make a 100 foot emergency ascent ( I made one from 140 feet in 2 minutes and was able to get a breath at 60 feet from a tank that was empty at 140) gas is expanding if you’re going fast enough and you couldn’t inhale even if you wanted to till you stop.