Doria claims another

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/11/D8IPJ5V82.html

Scott wrote:
> http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/11/D8IPJ5V82.html

Sad. The Mt. Rainier (thanks Jammer!) of diving claims another one.
:(

It says that dude dove the Titanic! That must be one big assed set of
doubles.

"Jerome's Sock Puppet" <jerome.oneil@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Scott wrote:
> > http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/11/D8IPJ5V82.html

> Sad. The Mt. Rainier (thanks Jammer!) of diving claims another one.
> :(

> It says that dude dove the Titanic! That must be one big assed set of
> doubles.

$38,900.00 and you can too;

http://www.adventures.ca/gasnet/1250-3.htm

In article <1152646368.751379.267740@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups .com>,
jerome.oneil@gmail.com says...
> It says that dude dove the Titanic! That must be one big assed set of
> doubles.

He was a CCr diver - Inspiration I believe

Al Wells wrote:
> In article <1152646368.751379.267740@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups .com>,
> jerome.oneil@gmail.com says...
> > It says that dude dove the Titanic! That must be one big assed set of
> > doubles.
>
> He was a CCr diver - Inspiration I believe

I heard it on the local radio this morning; he lived locally here in
NJ.

Google News brings up several reports...

"David A. Bright, an internationally renowned authority on the sinking
of the Andrea Doria who was helping lead preparations to commemorate
the disaster's 50th anniversary later this month, collapsed and died
on Saturday after making a dive into the wreck of the ship, about 60
miles south of Nantucket. He was 49 and lived in Flemington, N.J..."

Rest of the article can be found here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/us/11bright.html


The general summary appears to be that he surfaced from his dive,
boarded, and then collapsed. The apparent diveplan was that he was
intending to go down to see if the keel of the Andrea Doria had been
breached by the Stockholm's bow. It virtually goes without saying
that he would have been on Mix, but it is unclear if he was OC or CC
for this particular dive.

David was president of the Nautical Research Group
(http://www.nauticalresearch.com/); there's another page there with his
general background and qualifications. Overall, he was clearly highly
qualified for this dive, for in addition to 100+ dives on the Andrea
Doria, he had also worked for NOAA for two years doing research dives
on the USS Monitor, etc.

Clearly well respected and as the organizer of the forthcoming 50th
Anniversary services for the 'Doria, clearly someone who was giving
back to his community. He will be missed.

-hh

Thus spake "Scott" <pugetsounddiver@gmail.com> :

>http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/11/D8IPJ5V82.html
>

I like the "celebrate diversity" t-shirt on the site. Good idea,
nicely stuffed.
--
dillon

JAFO

On 11 Jul 2006 12:32:48 -0700, "Jerome's Sock Puppet"
<jerome.oneil@gmail.com> wrote:
> It says that dude dove the Titanic! That must be one big assed set of
> doubles.

It's at 12,460 ft... 377.6 ATMs... 5550 psi... Not only would it have
to be a big ass set of doubles, but a rather high pressure set also...
You would need less than 0.4% O2 in the tank to keep the PPO2 below
1.5... Perhaps an interesting theoretical calculation, but I would not
want to have to stake my life on the O2 analyzer being *that*
accurate... Hmmm... I wonder what the deco time for that woiuld be
assuming you are complete saturated...

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> "Chris Guynn" <chris.guynn@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:oratg.64215$fb2.55777@newssvr27.news.prodigy. net...
> >
>
> > I prefer the harmonica sized rebreathers employed by James Bond myself.
> > They aren't nearly so bulky.
> >
> >
>
> Yeah but can you get them anywhere. I think there's a conspiracy that my
LDS
> is part of. They don't even acknowledge that these rebreathers exist - I
> think they're just trying to protect their tank/air/weights etc. business.

You can find anything on the internet.

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:29:06 GMT, "Chris Guynn"
<chris.guynn@gmail.com> wrote:


>
>It's definitely on my want list (along with Cozumel), but it's hard to
>schedule something like that around my wife's work schedule. The last two
>years she has made living by teaching special ed classes and coaching
>junior high athletics. In the summer (the natural "vacation" time, she
>works as the high adventure director at a summer camp. There is normally a
>week off between the end of summer camp and the beginning of teacher
>inservice, but not necessarily. This year, she won't be coaching so her
>schdedule should be a little more flexible (but not by a lot). I can pretty
>much take off whenever I want (assuming that the other guy who can deal with
>the computers is not on vacation), so trips like that only require that
>Janeen is able to get time off (normally, we have to schedule vacations
>during her "break" periods... winter break, spring break, summer break).
>
>Word is, she may be making a trip to Ecuador in the not too distant future
>(leaving me at home to fend for myself for another week or two). If that's
>the case, It'll make it a bit easier for me to justify making paltry little
>trips to places like Florida when she can't go.
>

July 16th thru the 23rd would be as good a time as any. I hear you can
get a direct flight from most Texas airports to Ft. Lauderdale.

Rick Simms
************************************************** ****************

"When all you have is a hammer, all your problems start to look like nails."

Abraham Maslow

Chris Guynn wrote

> I still need some work with my bouyancy control (I spend WAY too much time
> adjusting my BC), but overall I think I'm decent in most areas.

You definitely need to visit S. Florida. Buoyancy control is so much easier
when your weighting is spot on and you don't have wet or drysuit issues to
deal with.


> That's a pretty good idea, except that she doesn't really have any "girl"
> friends. For that matter, most of her friends are actually just my
> friends
> that she hangs out with. For the most part, I'm free to do whatever I
> want
> and she's free to do whatever she wants, but I'd feel bad spending our
> money
> on a trip that she didn't get to go on. If she goes to Ecuador without
> me,
> that changes things though.

Then you either need to encourage her to get some girl friends or forget my
idea. I don't recommend you encourage her to go out with your friends
without you. That might not be a problem, but it sounds risky to me.

> Of that I have little doubt. Pricing is right, transportation isn't
> unreasonable, diving is great (from what I've heard) and the people seem
> to
> be pretty nice too.

Actually, most of us are assholes, but we are on our best behavior when
visited by those we like.

> I'd hate to show up and have everybody make fun of me for diving my Zeagle
> Ranger instead of a BP/W and actually using a standard octo instead of a
> necklace. I chose the Ranger because it had all of the features I
> was
> looking for when I was looking, namely, lots of shiny D-rings and a
> relatively hefty price tag. The Tusa fins may be a source of ribbing
> as well. They were the cheapest open heel fins I could find when I was
> getting certified and I haven't seen the need to change them since. I'm
> not
> especially happy with them, but I'm not unhappy either. They get the job
> done for hte type of diving I've experienced so far. That may change when
> I
> experience some "real" diving.

Any ribbing you get will be good natured. Safe diving does not depend on a
specific choice of gear . . . within reason, of course.

>> OK, we're not going to encourage you to join us at the bottom of the
>> Oriskany, or even the Spiegel
>> Grove, but there are plenty of places we dive that you'd enjoy and be
>> welcome. We don't always dive to 140 fsw or more.

> ahhh... I don't get to dive deep? You guys are no fun.

You can dive deep, we're just not going to encourage you.

>> Give us as much notice as you can. Some of us still work for a living.

> I know the feeling (working for a living). When my wife gets home from
> camp
> we'll see what her schedule looks like and figure out if and when we can
> afford to go. If she can come, I'd love to make it a family vacation. If
> not, I may just have to come alone.

> It may turn into a Dive with Chris, but I'd hate to take some of the
> thunder
> away from the Dive with Gregs.

Greg has been honored more than he deserves. Dive with Greg I probably
should have been Dive with Lee I, just as Dive with Greg II should have been
Dive with Magilla I. We both took pity on him. Lawyers don't make friends
easily. A dive with Chris will be a welcome change.

Lee