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Thread: How did old-school deep air divers avoid ox tox hits?

 

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    In "Caverns Measureless to Man" Sheck Exley seemed to use 2.0 routinely. The times they have a changed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ianr33 View Post
    In "Caverns Measureless to Man" Sheck Exley seemed to use 2.0 routinely. The times they have a changed.
    We learn more, so we change, thanks in part to these guys and others like them.
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    They dove the Britannic on air in the 1976 expedition. I must have mistaken it with others.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jared0425 View Post
    They dove the Britannic on air in the 1976 expedition. I must have mistaken it with others.
    No, they used Heilox, I just watched it for the 4-5th time a few weeks ago.
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