| Re: World Record - Gigi Casati Reaches -205 with Voyager Rebreather - Vrelo Cave Croa
Cold has a huge role to play in this achievement.
For people who regularly dive cold water, they appreciate the planning and limitations that are imposed by the what-if scenario of suit flood or rapid, unwanted, decompression.
Example:
Lake Geneva (Leman) is 310 metres deep. To my knowledge no-one has dived to the bottom.
Phil Sudan and I have often spoken about the feasibility of a depth-record dive, to the bottom of the lake OC or CCR.
The cold is the factor that scares the s h i t out of us and makes us realise that the slightest failure of our drysuit WOULD be fatal.
If the lake was in Egypt and we had a facility on it's shore, then we may very well be tempted.
However, given the location and the cold, I would have to be out of my mind, IMHO, to attempt this dive.
Therefore, again IMHO, cold is a significant hurdle to overcome and I take my hat off to Gigi, for his and his team's achievement.
Cheers,
Dave Cooper. |