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Scuba Forum / General / November 2003Driving to Altitude after Repetitive Diving
I'm going diving in Hawaii, and just realized I need to be concerned about driving to higher altitude after a day of repetitive diving. Assuming I do a couple of dives on air and max out the tables (worst case scenario). How long should I wait before driving back to where I'm staying, at 1,800-foot elevation? I'm going to give DAN a call on Monday when their non-emergency office is open. Just thought I'd check here in the meantime. Thanks! > I'm going diving in Hawaii, and just realized I need to be concerned about > driving to higher altitude after a day of repetitive diving. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Thanks! I wouldn't worry about. The nervous nellies around here would probably want you to wait at least a week. Brian Edmonton, Alberta www.mossmanscubaventures.com > I wouldn't worry about. > > The nervous nellies around here would probably want you to wait at least > a week. I live at 2,000' and never worried about driving home after a dive but I will admit to some very-likely-psychosomatic tinglings when crossing over 3,000'+ passes on the way back from San Diego diving. I don't know where the poster is visiting, but I personally wouldn't schedule a trip up Haleakala on Maui (10,000') or Volcano NP on the Big Island (5,000') or Waimea Canyon on Kauai (4,000') too soon after a dive even though some non-nervous nellies around here might do it while their hair is still wet. > > I wouldn't worry about. > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Waimea Canyon on Kauai (4,000') too soon after a dive even though some > non-nervous nellies around here might do it while their hair is still wet. Oh, and here's a nifty, if conservative, chart: http://faculty.washington.edu/ekay/altitude.html I reckon you need to wait half an hour at before driving up the mountain. This assumes that you are diving in the sea and atmospheric pressure at sea level is above about 965 millibars. Richard > I'm going diving in Hawaii, and just realized I need to be concerned about > driving to higher altitude after a day of repetitive diving. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Thanks! > I'm going diving in Hawaii, and just realized I need to be concerned about > driving to higher altitude after a day of repetitive diving. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Thanks! Have a sandwich or burger and a drink before you leave, eating that should give you time enough. 1800 feet is about 600 metres, you should be fine. rhys the only thing that gets people worried is a high drive...Haleakala or Mauna Kea should be handled like a plane flight.  SignatureBriggs Christie Oahu Dive Center Kailua, Hawaii 1-866-933-DIVE www.oahudivecenter.com > > > I'm going diving in Hawaii, and just realized I need to be concerned about [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > rhys >the only thing that gets people worried is a high drive...Haleakala or Mauna >Kea should be handled like a plane flight. Even then, it's much less of a worry than a plane flight. Remember that it takes you quite a bit of time to drive up that high. It's almost like ascending the last ten feet over a two hour time span. Alan > >the only thing that gets people worried is a high drive...Haleakala or Mauna > >Kea should be handled like a plane flight. > > Even then, it's much less of a worry than a plane flight. Remember that > it takes you quite a bit of time to drive up that high. It's almost > like ascending the last ten feet over a two hour time span. Easy Alan. Don't confuse people with reality. I think we're supposed to say "Altitude kills" or something similar. Brian Edmonton, Alberta www.mossmanscubaventures.com > Easy Alan. Don't confuse people with reality. I think we're supposed to > say "Altitude kills" or something similar. Thats PADIs mantra. > I'm going diving in Hawaii, and just realized I need to be > concerned about driving to higher altitude after a day of [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > How long should I wait before driving back to where I'm staying, > at 1,800-foot elevation? I'd probably recommend 12-24 hours. But then I'm on hyperbaric physician, so don't take this as proper medical advice. Someone in my dive club got bent many years ago driving to altitude 3 hours after their last dive (after 3 days of diving). How safe going to altitude is will depend on the number and type of dives you've done, how slow and steady your ascents were, whether you used oxygen rich deco gasses and physical factors... But again, this is just the rantings of a crazy person, not medical advice. So call DAN. SignatureDavid Scarlett dscarlett@_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ optusnet.com.au > Someone in my dive club got bent many years ago driving to altitude 3 > hours after their last dive (after 3 days of diving). Someone in this group (me) got bent while driving home from a two tank Boynton Beach dive truo, maximum altitude, 8 feet above sea level. It takes more than a single incident to set a range of risk. Lee Lee Bell <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote in message news:quLtb.3648> > Someone in this group (me) got bent while driving home from a two tank > Boynton Beach dive truo, maximum altitude, 8 feet above sea level. It takes > more than a single incident to set a range of risk. - I made it to about 50ft above sea-level, snuggled up in my duvet before I noticed I'd got bent, and I'd only done one dive after work Fi > Lee Bell <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote in message news:quLtb.3648> > > Someone in this group (me) got bent while driving home from a two tank [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Fi Maybe you should've waited 12 to 24 hours before ascending from sea level. Brian Edmonton, Alberta www.mossmanscubaventures.com > I'd probably recommend 12-24 hours. But then I'm on hyperbaric > physician, so don't take this as proper medical advice. Or as proper advice period. He's talking 1800 ft. Give me a break. > Someone in my dive club got bent many years ago driving to altitude 3 > hours after their last dive (after 3 days of diving). Bullshit. They were already bent. > But again, this is > just the rantings of a crazy person, not medical advice. I agree. Brian Edmonton, Alberta www.mossmanscubaventures.com "Scott" <scottkeen@hotmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :I'm going diving in Hawaii, and just realized I need to be concerned about :driving to higher altitude after a day of repetitive diving. This is Scott MyLastNameCan'tBeKoplinBecauseHawaiiHasWarmClearWaterWithLotsaPrettyFishies right? Dan Bracuk If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ Scott left this mess on Sat, 15 Nov 2003 17:40:57 -0500 for The Way to clean up: >I'm going diving in Hawaii, and just realized I need to be concerned about >driving to higher altitude after a day of repetitive diving. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >I'm going to give DAN a call on Monday when their non-emergency office is >open. Just thought I'd check here in the meantime. Assuming you don't hit a deco situation, about eighteen hours. Sorry, them's the rules on the RDP. Tao te Carl "It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003 (Kudos to Cap'n Jim Wyatt for this link) BEFORE you ask a dumb-a.s question here...http://www.speakeasy.org/~neilco/bart.gif > Assuming you don't hit a deco situation, about eighteen hours. Sorry, them's the > rules on the RDP. And what happens if you don't follow the "rules"? Here's a hint. Nothing. Brian Edmonton, Alberta www.mossmanscubaventures.com |
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