Post by Thomas HousemanPost by Gary R. SchmidtDon't they teach people about saturation diving any more?
Certainly not in my Open Water course.....
Well, I got my C-Card all the way back in 1978, so the details are a tad
fuzzy, but when we did the section on DCS, the instructor (Marty Owen,
for those Melbournites who may also be ancient) explained that once you
had absorbed as much Nitrogen as possible, it was simpler to stay at
pressure.
He had worked on the rigs down in Bass Strait (but I can't recall if he
had done saturation diving), maybe that was why he mentioned it, as he
had seen it (or done it).
And note that I said "about saturation diving" not "to do saturation
diving".
Of course, this was back in the days when all we had were USN DC tables,
none of these fancy DC guages that take the thrill out of a deep or cold
dive :->
Cheers,
Gary B-)
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