Yeah that’s freaky! Make that REALLY freaky! Great, now I’m going to be all paranoid about diving. I just got dive certified and let me tell you that is absolutely incredible speed, its next to impossible to dive that fast in full gear. You’ve gotta have some form of outside force to manage that.
Descended 200 feet in minutes? Not really “incredible” speed .. nor am I sure where the article is getting the “it would normally take 30 minutes” to arrive at that depth. If you’re diving, you’re trying to get to your bottom depth as fast as possible, which conserves gas and gives you the best possible bottom time. 200 feet is well outside standard recreational diving limits, but 200 feet in “minutes” is routine for surface-supplied commercial divers. Any ascent that fast, of course, would probably not be reccomended.
WRT paranoia while diving, don’t worry about it. The odds of any type of creature deciding you’re lunch are pretty long, you’re more then likely to kill yourself by not paying attention to your depth, bottom time, ascent rate or gas remaining.
On second note, I followed up with some divers I know in Antarctica (different pole but it’s the same community), and it is more likely this was a case of diver mistake vs. any other incident. Apparently at least one of the divers did not have the experiance to be making that type of dive, and was making their second drysuit dive (ever) that day. it’s not very hard to lose bouyancy control of a drysuit and suffer an uncontrolled descent (or ascent).
Yeah that’s freaky! Make that REALLY freaky! Great, now I’m going to be all paranoid about diving. I just got dive certified and let me tell you that is absolutely incredible speed, its next to impossible to dive that fast in full gear. You’ve gotta have some form of outside force to manage that.
Descended 200 feet in minutes? Not really “incredible” speed .. nor am I sure where the article is getting the “it would normally take 30 minutes” to arrive at that depth. If you’re diving, you’re trying to get to your bottom depth as fast as possible, which conserves gas and gives you the best possible bottom time. 200 feet is well outside standard recreational diving limits, but 200 feet in “minutes” is routine for surface-supplied commercial divers. Any ascent that fast, of course, would probably not be reccomended.
WRT paranoia while diving, don’t worry about it. The odds of any type of creature deciding you’re lunch are pretty long, you’re more then likely to kill yourself by not paying attention to your depth, bottom time, ascent rate or gas remaining.
On second note, I followed up with some divers I know in Antarctica (different pole but it’s the same community), and it is more likely this was a case of diver mistake vs. any other incident. Apparently at least one of the divers did not have the experiance to be making that type of dive, and was making their second drysuit dive (ever) that day. it’s not very hard to lose bouyancy control of a drysuit and suffer an uncontrolled descent (or ascent).
That is freaky. Maybe its like the Abyss? Or maybe a killer whale pulled them down?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15964896/
effing twilight zone
Hrm, I’m suddenly reminded of Alien vs. Predator. Am I the only person excited that there’s a sequel in the works?