The Chairman
Chairman of the Board
Deep air doesn't bother me. I've made far deeper dives, especially before I knew better. The issue for me is the badittude and Bob really articulated that well. Probably the most deadly sin in diving is oneupsmanship.I have dove air at 175'.
For the record, those cells were recalled before the dive. When I worked as a mechanic, I had a kid come in with unsafe brakes on his Karmen Ghia. They aren't known for stopping well on new brakes and I told him and his attorney mother to not drive the car until they fixed it. She thought I was too expensive for such an old car and her son drove off... and into a Sheriff's car. Yeah, I got sued and the kid said he hadn't gotten into an accident before I looked at them. They even had the Sheriff on the stand as an "expert witness" and he was surprised to hear that I told the kid not to drive. We even had his signature beside the statement that he and his mother acknowledged that we felt that the car was unsafe. You can't fix stupid: not even with duct tape. The second most deadly sin in Scuba Diving is the "it can't happen to me" mentality. I dare say, most CCR accidents devolve from that very thought process. At least the ones I have been privy to.
Cave diving used to be incredibly dangerous. It still is for those who ignore, bend or break the rules. The same is true for CCRs.