Russoft
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Because that's what I do when some parts of a story seems weird... the "EYE" witness wasn't an eye witness at all.. he "heard" they were in deco... they "say" they would go into deco if they saw something nice... That's why i'm asking what did his computer show... not there's. He doesn't know if they were really in deco or not. Since he says he aborted the dive prematurely so he wouldn't go into deco i'm expecting to hear he was close to it... If i don't have two sides of a story i like to make sure the one side i have makes sense
I have no idea. I was diving in the grey zone between diving the dive tables and trusting the DM (which is stupid, I know). I've been reticent to buy a computer as I was trained in the old days when almost no one owned a computer (and they're pretty expensive for the occasional diver), but I'm quickly realizing times have changed. That said, my log book says 28 meters for 37 minutes. I don't remember that dive profile very well. In any case, the DM and 12yo were pushing an hour BT by my watch. I was on the boat long enough to get sea sick...and I rarely get sea sick so it must have been a lot of waiting. No idea if a 20 min deco obligation is possible for that sort of dive. Maybe they exaggerated the story, but I do know that the 12yo kept yapping about it into the evening when we were doing a briefing for the next dive... her father asked she have another buddy for the next day. NO idea why he'd make such a request...
But when you're hearing something second hand, I understand not taking someone's word for it. I did try to tell the story accurately, but it's possible I'm biased by the fact that I had a less than positive experience.