Posted by Chuck Tribolet on January 22, 2002 at 19:46:46:
In Reply to: Re: are we hurting our children? posted by John Walker on January 22, 2002 at 12:27:02:
> Then Richard Pile found some 8 years ago that on fish
> collecting dives in which he worked he didn't get any DCS
> symptoms and on dives that he didn't work collecting fish
> he got bent. He related this to stoping at 100' or so for
> several minutes to draw out gases in the fishes air bladder
> with a hypodermic needle in order to keep his specimines
> alive. Everyone gav him credit for discovering deep stops.
It's Pyle, not Pile. He's a fish nerd with the
Bishop Museum in Hawaii. He noticed he got really
tired (probably subclinical DCS, calling it "bent"
would not match common terminology) when he didn't
get fish. And he can tell you about "BENT"
(capitals and boldface) as he had a real serious
bend.
See:
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/bishop/treks/palautz97/deepstops.html
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/bishop/treks/palautz97/cmd.html
Every diver should read both of these. Deep stops
and SLOOOOOOW ascents are good.
Chuck