JH> RG>> On a wall dive off Bimini, I dove to 310 ft. on an 80/3000 tank, 
ade
JH> RG>> safety stops at 100, 75, 45, and 15 feet, and climbed back on the 
boat
JH> RG>> with 500 psi still in the tank.  It was a bounce dive, so I didn't
JH> RG>> really have any time at depth, but I probably could have spent a
JH> RG>> minute  or two down there (or maybe I did, after all, I was pretty
JH> RG>> narced).
JH>
JH>I don't mean to flame you or anything, but this probably counts as one of 
the
JH>most boneheaded stunts that I've ever read about where the moron gets to 
live
JH>This whole subject is distasteful.  Your adventures are apt to get some 
other
JH>feeble minded diver killed, if they decide to emulate you.
There is the RIGHT way to dive deep. Doing a 310ft dive on a single tank with
AIR as the gas, is definatly the WRONG way to do it. 
There are many people who dive deep, but it always seems to be the person who
is doing it the wrong way without any proper training that ruins it for all;
by making 4th page news as another scuba death. 
JH>If I were you, I'd never admit I'd done anything like this.  People will 
thin
JH>you're an idiot.  I do.
If I were him I'd get some training and learn how to do it the RIGHT way. 
Having
a PO2 greater than 1.6 is playing with fire. The generally accepted rule is
no greater than 1.4 and running deco mixes at around 1.6 at rest with air 
breaks. If he experienced an out of air situation, they MIGHT be able to 
hink
clearly enough through the narcosis to carry out air sharring (i doubt it), 
but
if you convulse then your good as gone.. Very few have survived such a
situation.
Al Longtin
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