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silent running · 9th November 2007, 10:04

Quote: (Originally Posted by Mark Chase)

Getting down was a nightmare. Hand over hand with rest breaks we took 11mins to get down 45m and the last 15-20m was easy enough (by comparison) I had to hold on with both hands on decent and i am the type of diver who needs to pinch my nose to equalize so I was leaving it till it hurt a bit then doing it rather than my normal method of every few Ms

We start to ascend but by 25m things are getting very very uncomfortable. The tide is ripping through. Hanging on hurts but we only have 10mins to go.

Then a wave of vertigo hits me and I am spinning vision is dodgy I cant focus on the computer and i feel a little sick. It turns out i have perforated an eardrum which explains all the symptoms and my earache for the last two days

Mark

Hi Mark, very glad you made it back with only a perforated ear drum. From talking with my cold water friends, it's not an easy thing to handle in these conditions. Thanks for the post.

Question for you: did you have frequent depth changes-up/down-while ascending on the shot line? And could this have been the cause of the perf eardrum? -Andy

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silent running Mature mouth breather Current Rebreather/s: Prism Topaz Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: U.S.A. Brooklyn, New York Posts: 1,873	Re: Not a good dive Quote: (Originally Posted by Mark Chase) Getting down was a nightmare. Hand over hand with rest breaks we took 11mins to get down 45m and the last 15-20m was easy enough (by comparison) I had to hold on with both hands on decent and i am the type of diver who needs to pinch my nose to equalize so I was leaving it till it hurt a bit then doing it rather than my normal method of every few Ms We start to ascend but by 25m things are getting very very uncomfortable. The tide is ripping through. Hanging on hurts but we only have 10mins to go. Then a wave of vertigo hits me and I am spinning vision is dodgy I cant focus on the computer and i feel a little sick. It turns out i have perforated an eardrum which explains all the symptoms and my earache for the last two days Mark Hi Mark, very glad you made it back with only a perforated ear drum. From talking with my cold water friends, it's not an easy thing to handle in these conditions. Thanks for the post. Question for you: did you have frequent depth changes-up/down-while ascending on the shot line? And could this have been the cause of the perf eardrum? -Andy
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