Spectre
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So I've been working my way through a new book the last couple 'o days. Eden's Gate by David Hagberg. I hit on a section where the main character was diving. This section was difficult, if not painful, to fight through.
Now don't get me wrong, the book is great, but talk about mis-informed...
Let's see. It was a dive to 100 meters [fresh], into an old Nazi bunker. It was a mix gas dive. No travel bottles. As he worked his way through the bunker he realized that he was 48 minutes into his dive. He found the 100 lb box he was looking for, and inflated his BC extra to help offset the weight.
Carrying the box out of the bunker, he almost got lost due to the zero vis [but he had memoried the blueprints so he was able to figure it out]. Upon reaching the ascent point he needed to put down the box. He forgot to dump the extra air out of his BC.
He got his ascent under control about half way up, and surfaced "A little over an hour". He then grabbed a rope and descended to tie it to the box so the guys on the surface could haul it up. The rope was all slack, so he tied the rope to himself, surfaced, shot a couple bad guys, and went on his way.
Hmm... No line. No lift bag. 60+ minutes @ 100 meters w/ no deco obligation. Followed by a bounce dive to 100....
jees!
[It's a good book though!]
Now don't get me wrong, the book is great, but talk about mis-informed...
Let's see. It was a dive to 100 meters [fresh], into an old Nazi bunker. It was a mix gas dive. No travel bottles. As he worked his way through the bunker he realized that he was 48 minutes into his dive. He found the 100 lb box he was looking for, and inflated his BC extra to help offset the weight.
Carrying the box out of the bunker, he almost got lost due to the zero vis [but he had memoried the blueprints so he was able to figure it out]. Upon reaching the ascent point he needed to put down the box. He forgot to dump the extra air out of his BC.
He got his ascent under control about half way up, and surfaced "A little over an hour". He then grabbed a rope and descended to tie it to the box so the guys on the surface could haul it up. The rope was all slack, so he tied the rope to himself, surfaced, shot a couple bad guys, and went on his way.
Hmm... No line. No lift bag. 60+ minutes @ 100 meters w/ no deco obligation. Followed by a bounce dive to 100....
jees!
[It's a good book though!]