Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
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Yes, we cave divers do "stage" tanks but IME, most of it is more "horizontal distance" oriented than depth. FTR, I'm ANDP and Full Cave. Not yet Trimix certified but I have had practice planning said dives, including DII. But most of those types of dives do not involve depths below 200 ft and require only basic Trimix (18-35), not "Advanced" (10-70). Only a few select cave divers with the most experience get to do dives like Eagle's Nest and the Diepolders. And, yes, they do stage for depth on those becuse there isn't much in the way of "horizonal distance" to go on them. Just "vertical."
Just to see what would happen, I actually planned a DII dive on VPlanner, given my own parameters, etc. I allowed for a 50% O2 stage tank at 70ft. 100% O2 at 20ft (no lower), and the bulk of my "back gas" was 18-35 with a switch at 218ft to 10-70 for bottom gas. Even with that, VPlanner didn't want me "at depth" for more than 9-10 minutes before having to return to start the deco schedule. Maybe it (and I) were being conservative, but I'd rather err on the side of "conservative" (in more contexts than that, these days...)
I understand about rebreathers and how they are supposed to work. Have they resolved the CO2 issues with them? That (and the cost) is what kept me away from them. And having to have a "bail out plan" for them anyway just made me say, "Why bother?" I"ll stick with the proven technology of open circuit. That, and the fact that I've lost personal friends who perished due to rebreather issues. Not going there.
Perhaps, there are divers who can extend bottom time much longer. I suspect they'd have to be more physically fit and experienced such that their gas consumption at depth is minimized. Certainly more than I'll ever be. Like I said, DII is a "pinacle" dive for me. Perhaps. a "Holy Grail" dive (one I'll never get to) given my age, especially since I've yet to take my Trimix training. But I guess if we achieve all our goals, we'd get bored quickly.
Some things need to be left "unfinished."
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It's a lot like John's
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I briefly dated a 55 year old woman on TRT, she could feel her clitoris throbbing sitting at dinner.
Which one did the gumpy troll live under? Perhaps three generations of trolls, one under each bridge.
On the way up was a bridge over a cascading stream they had to cross, and under the bridge lived a grumpy troll, with eyes as big as saucers, and teeth as long as a billy goat's leg.
Maggot works part time there for bus fare but walks everywhere.
She looks like she was passed out while her kids were playing with a Spirograph, Sharpie markers, and a Michael Jackson plastic surgery kit.
This was a very challenging wank!
Or, was the US developing 1/3 scale soldiers that would make smaller targets for the enemy and take up less space in planes and troop carriers?
Possible prototypes for the GI Joe action figures?
Knowing it was officers, they're probably going to turn in paperwork for a Purple Heart. Claiming injury from biological and chemical weapons.
I ran a 165" pipeline inspection boat in the GOM in the mid '70's. Three decompression chambers, 15 man dive team breathing Oxygen, inspecting oil and gas pipelines, live boat, walking divers down the pipeline as deep as they could go.. They got "Depth Pay", you can figure it out.Well, according to some research, divers did reach at least 155 meters (511.5 ft). Quite an accomplishment, given the deepest "pinacle" cave dive in Florida is "Diepolder II."
The "Grand Ballroom" you see here is at 270ft at the bottom. But it goes deeper than that (to 365ft.). I don't know how many people are able to get to the deeper portions because time at this depth is extremely limited (9 minutes at most) before you have to start back up and start your decompression schedule. And this is with you being on 10-70 Trimix for Bottom gas. You'll have 2-3 different gas switches enroute and upon return. It takes years to work up to this dive, even after trimix training.
The mantra was "The Lord lives at 188". Most all those guys have found max depth and found it early in life.
Mix for a possible 500 foot OC dive like the Cetina River Spring in Croatia? It wouldn’t be one, it would be several. Like five or more depending on your profile. If someone was crazy enough to do it, It would probably just be a bounce dive with 10 minutes to get down and 201 minutes to come up. Maybe 10/70, 21/35, 35/25, EAN50, and then 100% O2. That would get you to 495 at 1.6 but if profile holds at 1.4, things change. In other words, if you want to see whats on the bottom, rent an ROV you’ll live longer.
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