Re: yes, you are right, i had lots of air left


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Posted by MHK on March 19, 2001 at 10:10:19:

In Reply to: yes, you are right, i had lots of air left posted by RaiderKarl on March 19, 2001 at 10:04:42:

Posted by RaiderKarl on March 19, 2001 at 10:04:42:

On the one had, I dont believe in the rule of thirds for ALL dives, unless there is a penetration, such as a wreck or a cave

Karl,

You may want to re-think that position. The rule of 1/3's was designed for overhead environments, and in this case (ie; decompression diving) you are in what we refer to as a virtual overhead. Due to the decompression obligation you are in essence precluded from a direct ascent to the surface ( hence the *virtual* overhead) and as such if a problem occurs it needs to be solved at depth and you should therefore use the rule of 1/3's as a precaution.

When you post the profile I may have some more comments, but it appears that it was a deep air dive and you may want to re-think that practice as well..

Later


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