Uwatec problems

[FreediveWI]

I don't know if anything has been written about it in the recreational diving community. It has been covered quite a bit in the tec-diving community. Much of the most recent info comes out of the WKPP and GUE.

There are no hard set rules fro flying with these kind of dives. Each one is individualized to the dive. I can tell you that if your diving the right mixture of trimix, and decoing out with the proper gases, that "time to fly" times are way less than 24 hours. Every dive is different and every series of dives is different. The deep stops do make a big difference.

IF your really intersted in this, and other advanced, topics you should join the QUEST list. It is a paid list, but it has quite a bit of info from some really top notch divers.

Another good area to gain inforation is to join the DEEPMIDWEST tech-diving group. They are a group of divers from the midwest who specialize in deep water projects- mostly shipwreck surveys.

Gert is the vice-president of the Wisconsin chapter. I was a team member before I decided to switch over to freediving exclusively.

One of the team members, who runs the Ohio chapter, is Dr. Eddie Bryan. He is full cave and advanced trimix certified, plus he is a hyperbaric docotr by trade. He has given quite a few lectures on the RGBM tables and the problems of diving air past 100'.

He not only has the knowledge, he actually DOES the dives he lectures about.

There are quite a few other members of the club who have an incredible amount of experience. They even have levels, and projects, for newer divers. I think that the basic requirements to join are rescue diver and a basic nitrox card. One of the lower level projects they are working on is a full survey of the Norland. It is shallow (63') and allows for newer divers to gain experience before they go deeper. They also have surveys planned on the Wisconsin, Grace Channon, Lakeland and the Gunilda. That means there are projects for EVERY ability level.

The only other requirement for the club is that you are a non-smoker and that you must exercise on a regular basis- never trust a fat tec-instructor is my motto.

Jon