It's been said that every 33' is equivalent to downing a shot of hard liquor. Are you just really used to downing hard liquor? Kidding!Everybody's reaction to narcosis is different, but it does happen to everyone. You are smart to only go to those depths when you have a good reason, instead of just so you can say you did it.
Training could be a valid reason. Which agency were you taking your Advanced cert with?
Well, I just stay drunk all the time. That was the narcosis wont bother me @ 200' on air
Would that be Martinis Law?Originally Posted by seasnake
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Last edited by Zero; 02-02-2007 at 04:38 AM.
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I routinely do dives on air to 180-200 ft (my absolute basement). Of course I experience narcosis. My method of evaluating the severity of it is whether I can (1) locate subjects to film at depth, (2) frame them properly and hold the camera on them and (3) follow them as they move.
Some believe that frequent divers like myself (over 300 dives last year) acclimate to nitrogen to some degree and do not suffer extremes of narcosis. I sense that may be the case. I know I am narced as I've tested my ability to perform tasks at the surface and at 100 ft, and the effect is noticeable but not debilitating in any significant way. If I feel something isn't right at depth, I immediately ascend until things clear up.
I do not advocate such diving to anyone else. I only do it to film subjects at these depths for a video on "Deep Ecology."
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