Hello Alan!
29 Jun 95 01:23, Alan Bethell wrote to Roland Stephens:
 AB> Thanks for your message, and i can't believe that after all the training
 AB> and warnings that instructors give, that people will risk their lives
 AB> with "record setting". I hope that guy experiences a free flowing Reg at
 AB> 60ft, and he'll realise how quickly the tank starts to empty.
 AB> Imagine free flow at 300ft!
He wouldn't imagine it for long.  If he didn't drown, he'd be crippled by the 
resulting emergency ascent.  Your advice is dead on (pardon the pun).
I cannot emphasize my disgust at reading about these sorts of exploits.  In 
20 years of diving, I've never gone below 135'.  I've been acquainted with 
plenty of more experienced people than I who feel the same way.  I'm not 
uncomfortable at depth; I just don't consider the added risk worth the 
trouble.  My best dives have always been in the 30-60' range.
I don't feel the need to push the envelope.....if somebody else has died from 
making excessively deep dives, then that information alone is enough to 
convince me that I don't belong there.  What does it take to convince people? 
If someone tells you that napalm doesn't feel good, must you spread some on 
your body and ignite it before you believe it?
If you need some excitement in your life, try putting the moves on your next 
door neighbor's wife.  It probably has less potential for disaster.
Jay
PADI M-9033
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