High altitude diving

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Randy R - 14 Sep 2006 19:24 GMT

I was reading an interesting article about high altitude diving:
http://www.scubadiverinfo.com/mt/starting/archives/2006/09/high_altitude_d.html
Conrad talks about how you need to keep track of how high you get on
the way to the dive, and how long it takes to get to the diving site
from there. Lake Tahoe is 6,230 feet, but he has to go through a pass
that's almost 8,000 feet on the way there.
I was thinking it would be easier if you flew (in a pressurized
aircraft,) wouldn't it?

Randy R

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João Silva - 14 Sep 2006 20:04 GMT

> I was reading an interesting article about high altitude diving:

http://www.scubadiverinfo.com/mt/starting/archives/2006/09/high_altitude_d.html

> Conrad talks about how you need to keep track of how high you get on
> the way to the dive, and how long it takes to get to the diving site
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> Randy R

In a comercial aircraft the pressure is inferior of the sea level pressure,
I think that aircraft are presseurized to the equivalent pressure of about
8000 ft so it makes no difference

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Dillon Pyron - 15 Sep 2006 00:34 GMT

>I was reading an interesting article about high altitude diving:
>http://www.scubadiverinfo.com/mt/starting/archives/2006/09/high_altitude_d.html
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>Randy R

It doesn't make a whit of difference what altitude you hit on the way
to the dive site. It's the trip home that counts.

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