Was a bit fun. Lots of learning points.
Main thing was that when the caustic cocktail hit, the logical brain woke up; literally the first words through my head were "good heavens, a caustic cocktail, bail out now…".
All was fine from that moment forwards. Was breathing from the bottom bailout a bit heavily, stress not hypercapnia — breathing not out of control. Threw up the SMB from the bottom, 49m, then did a simple open circuit ascent with 35 mins of deco including some extra time.
Back on the boat the unit had at least a cupful of milky water and sodden scrubbers. No way they’d be scrubbing any CO2.
Bailout gas consumption was well within planning, rough SAC for deco gas (13 litres/min) higher than OC days, but OK. Lots of gas left in the cylinders.
Not interested in dwelling on what could of happened or what I should have done. All that matters is crap hit the fan and it was dealt with.
Massively positive from the experience. Proved the training and constant practice worked. Pity for the task fixation preventing issue resolution — one of the main learning points.
Hopefully it’ll make me a better diver as a result.
Bailouts topped up. Diving tomorrow.
Oh, have bought the Revo BOV with QC6s. Arriving in a couple of days.
Main thing was that when the caustic cocktail hit, the logical brain woke up; literally the first words through my head were "good heavens, a caustic cocktail, bail out now…".
All was fine from that moment forwards. Was breathing from the bottom bailout a bit heavily, stress not hypercapnia — breathing not out of control. Threw up the SMB from the bottom, 49m, then did a simple open circuit ascent with 35 mins of deco including some extra time.
Back on the boat the unit had at least a cupful of milky water and sodden scrubbers. No way they’d be scrubbing any CO2.
Bailout gas consumption was well within planning, rough SAC for deco gas (13 litres/min) higher than OC days, but OK. Lots of gas left in the cylinders.
Not interested in dwelling on what could of happened or what I should have done. All that matters is crap hit the fan and it was dealt with.
Massively positive from the experience. Proved the training and constant practice worked. Pity for the task fixation preventing issue resolution — one of the main learning points.
Hopefully it’ll make me a better diver as a result.
Bailouts topped up. Diving tomorrow.
Oh, have bought the Revo BOV with QC6s. Arriving in a couple of days.