Bob DBF
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An interesting fact I picked up while reading about this topic a couple years ago:
If you are skilled enough as a free diver (think world-class), you can get bent free diving, completely independent of scuba. It takes repetitive, deep freedives, with inadequate surface rest intervals, but I guess it can be done, and has been documented (first among South Pacific islanders I think).
Best wishes.
Greek sponge divers have been working since the Minoan Bronze Age. Ancient poems
describe the dangerous and unprofitable occupation of the sponge diver. They also mention special special diets, prayers, breathing exercises, weights and tethers for fast sinking and recovery. There is also a Greek folk dance of the bent sponge diver, taking extreme skill to portray the bent diver properly.
Sponge Diver suffering from the Bends - Hotel ELIES & KALYMNOS Diving Center -Kalymnos island Greece - www.hotelELIES.gr
Bob
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Who will not be riding a rock to the bottom