I was reading an article about Ojos del Salado lake, and I was wondering, does anyone know what the highest altitude a dive has ever been recorded at (and where)?
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WARNINGDIVING AT ALTITUDES ABOVE 10,000 FEET IMPOSES SERIOUS STRESS ON THE BODY AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
Tilicho lake is one of the highest lakes in the world.[1] It is 4,949 m high in the Annapurna range of the Himalayas in Nepal.[2] Another source lists Lake Tilicho as being 4,919 meters high (16,138 feet).....It is believed to be the site of the highest ever altitude scuba dive, although no official world records are recognised. A Russian diving team consisting of Andrei Andryushin, Denis Bakin and Maxim Gresko conducted a scuba dive in the lake in 2000.
A rival claimant for the highest ever altitude dive was Frenchman, Henry Garcia, who claimed to have conducted a dive at 5,900 meters Lago Licancabur in 1995. If verified, this dive would be over 1,000 meters higher than the dive at Tilicho Lake.
A team of divers made a series of dives researching and exploring a shipwreck in Lake Tahoe in 2002. The divers reached depths of 400 feet at an altitude of 6,230 feet using specialized equipment and decompression software as well as 6 different breathing gases. This would be a likely claimant for the highest planned decompression dive in the world.
I just found this:
I have no idea how accurate any of that might be.A team of divers made a series of dives researching and exploring a shipwreck in Lake Tahoe in 2002. The divers reached depths of 400 feet at an altitude of 6,230 feet using specialized equipment and decompression software as well as 6 different breathing gases. This would be a likely claimant for the highest planned decompression dive in the world.
In Colorado:
George Town Lake, George Town Colorado
elevation 11,950'
Turquoise Lake, Leadville Colorado
elevation 10,000'
Twin Lakes Reservoir, Colorado
elevation 9,200'
Lake Tahoe has had a number of decompression dives done on it. UTD divers have done it, and, believe it or not, they made no adjustments for altitude. They don't believe it is necessary.
We may try to do some decompression diving there this summer. If so, that will raise some discussions about the decompression schedule on our team, since, as I said, our agency officially does not believe altitude needs to be considered.
I, on the other hand, ...