kindas
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On sunday i took a local boat charter. It was a 65 foot dive on a civil war era wreck. We were using line reels and for the most part solo diving. About 45 min. into the dive i ran into another diver who swignaled me he was low on air. he had 800 pounds and had lost his reel. he started to follow my line back when 30 seconds later he ran out of air. i had 1400 pounds in my hp 120. We started to buddy breath and started to accend away from the anchor line. He was so panicked and breathing so hard that i had to take over his bc controls and guide our accent. At 30 feet my cobra 2 started to read 0psi i had to omit a safty stop and bring him directly to the surface. Once we were safely back aboard the boat i looked at his computer. His total dive time was only 15 min. He was using an alm 80 I am an experanced diver and have had the philosipy that my 120 was enough air to get me and a buddy safely to the surface. This incident has taught me differant. i will be carrying a pony from now on. This is a pproblem with charters. You never truely know the abulity of the other divers on the boat. If i never have this happen to me again it will be too soon!!
Jason
Jason