Like in any other sport if I fail I can try again just do it different the next time trial and error so to speak...like this I can find a way to do this dive with (as u say) only hurt my body as little as possible...
I think the art of technical diving lies within knowledge and skill...and on a cutting edge basis experience and knowing ur own body...progressing step by step and closly observing urself after every dive on signs and symptoms...
In my opininon a lot of people get bent in those kind of record dives because the depth differences get extremly big between the latest deepest dive and the next one (150m - 200m and so on)...
Allthough I'm not interested myself in this kind of dives (at least at the moment I'm cruising daily through rather shallow caves) I'm a strong supporter of people who push the envelope to get more information for future deco programs and crush tested equipment and even u might think it is foolish of me but by not counting the record with OBVIOUS signs and symptoms of DCS should ecourage this person to try it again...just in a different way...
But hey, thats just my foolish opinion...and it wasn't the idea of this threat anyway...
Greets from Playa
Patrick
Quote: (Originally Posted by
Drmike)
You wont have to wait very long...
You think mistakes in planning or executing are the main or only causes of getting bent on such deep dives? You think getting bent can be avoided? Your deluding yourself. We dont know anywhere near enough about deco to plan such dives with a large degree of confidence to not get bent.
Besides do you think anyone thats diving to these depths isnt getting bent on every dive? Just because its not obvious or caused pain doesnt mean to say you havent damaged yourself. I dont think its currently possible to dive this deep without hurting yourself to some degree. It may not always be obvious damage - but the damage is there maybe waiting - oh I dont know - for the day you dive a shallow 50m wreck before it strikes....
Dont believe the hype you often hear about "and the dive was done DCS free" most of the time deep divers are a bag of sh1t after such dives and some have residual symptoms that they live with afterwards albeit in many cases only slight - damage was done. They just keep it quiet - which hurts others- possibly because of fools who stupidly say things like "if the diver got bent he did something wrong and it shouldnt count"