TV Show - Extreme Diving

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Keith - 15 Feb 2005 00:40 GMT

I watch a show the other day (it had actually been TIVO'd for a while)
on some sort of fitness channel (DirecTV), where they showed a diver
in Hawaii that made a dive to 345 feet to look for new species of
marine life.

The thing that was so odd is that he was wearing only a T-shirt and
shorts under his rebreather, no exposure suit. Now I realize the
water is fairly warm in Hawaii, but at 345 feet? Plus, according to
the show, he had 4-hours of decompression time.

I don't doubt the accuracy of the show. I mean it's TV, so it HAS to
be true, right? But seriously, this seems crazy to me. Even without
the temperature concerns, I would want something to protect against
whatever I might rub or scrape against.

Did anyone else see this?

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Dillon Pyron - 15 Feb 2005 04:04 GMT

>I watch a show the other day (it had actually been TIVO'd for a while)
>on some sort of fitness channel (DirecTV), where they showed a diver
>in Hawaii that made a dive to 345 feet to look for new species of
>marine life.

Sounds like Mike.

>The thing that was so odd is that he was wearing only a T-shirt and
>shorts under his rebreather, no exposure suit. Now I realize the
>water is fairly warm in Hawaii, but at 345 feet? Plus, according to
>the show, he had 4-hours of decompression time.

Yup, sounds like Mike. He likes to go deep on the backside of
Molokini.

>I don't doubt the accuracy of the show. I mean it's TV, so it HAS to
>be true, right? But seriously, this seems crazy to me. Even without
>the temperature concerns, I would want something to protect against
>whatever I might rub or scrape against.

Don't scrape against anything. I don't.

>Did anyone else see this?

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John - 15 Feb 2005 19:13 GMT

Actually, sounds like Richard Pyle, he is one of the pioneers of sport
diving with rebreathers, is located in HI, and definitely was looking
for new species of fish at those depths more than 15yrs ago (maybe
even 20yrs ago)

John

>>I watch a show the other day (it had actually been TIVO'd for a while)
>>on some sort of fitness channel (DirecTV), where they showed a diver
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>>Did anyone else see this?

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Dillon Pyron - 16 Feb 2005 00:07 GMT

>Actually, sounds like Richard Pyle, he is one of the pioneers of sport
>diving with rebreathers, is located in HI, and definitely was looking
>for new species of fish at those depths more than 15yrs ago (maybe
>even 20yrs ago)

I believe that he and Severns dive "together". I believe it was Pyle
who found the Tinker's Butterfly on Molo.

>John
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>>>Did anyone else see this?

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Davy Koh - 16 Feb 2005 01:35 GMT

That's Richard Pyle, the fish PhD from the University of Hawaii
He has been doing this for many years and is one of the respected figures in
the technical diving field particularly rebreathers.
Saw an IMAX show about him and Howard Hall a few years back.

Here is his email if you want to ask him any questions:
deepreef@bishopmuseum.org

Davy

>>>I watch a show the other day (it had actually been TIVO'd for a while)
>>>on some sort of fitness channel (DirecTV), where they showed a diver
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
>>
>>>Did anyone else see this?

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