Shadow Divers: John Chatterton's Interview with ScubaBoard

[rawls]

Richie and Ron Jeremy....

I just about spit out my beer

 

[Buoyant1]

Richie and Ron Jeremy....

I just about spit out my beer

I'm wiping coffee of my monitor as we speak!

(just don't ask ron to show you his "long hose" )

 

[mike_s]

well also suggested in the past, by John and Richie themselves, was Danny Devito for Richie

And MeatLoaf for Chatterton

 

[scubajb]

dam this post is funny! it just keeps gettin better and better! ron jeremy... dam that's funny...

 

[MaxBottomtime]

How about Omid Djalili from the Mummy as Richie?

 

[Chatterton]

A) Jenny, forget the jerk boyfriend and go diving. Scuababoard has a Buddy/boyfriend finder. Check it out.

2) I always thought Richie actually was Ron Jeremy? Are you now telling me he is not?

III) I can't hold back the truth any more. Shadow Divers was actually written by Neumann. He is very talented. Rob Kurson is a Neumann impersonator we hired.

&#1588 I find the Mummy picture very disturbing, yet somehow very accurate. You are scaring me.

Cheers


JC

 

[stingray1958]

What blew my mind is at frist they just dove air!!!

 

[Rhone Man]

I remember thinking the same thing. Did Feldman black out because of O2 toxicity? At 230 feet on air, you are WAY above 1.6 ATA.

 

[amascuba]

I remember thinking the same thing. Did Feldman black out because of O2 toxicity? At 230 feet on air, you are WAY above 1.6 ATA.

More than likely it would have been cardbon dioxide retention. Air is fairly dense and makes breathing through regulators a little more work at those depths. Add in fighting with currents, narcosis, and focusing on looking for artifacts and it could easily happen.

Divers of the era had routinely exceeded the 1.6 ppo2 while diving on air. I don't remember the exact air depth record of the day, but I believe it was in the neighborhood of 430 feet on air. Many people would simply just pass out after around 300 feet. Most likely it's a combination of carbon dioxide and narcosis. The history of record setting dives is pretty interesting. If you're interested in it 'Caverns Measureless to Man' is a very interesting book detailing cave penetration/depth records as well as depth records on air and trimix.

 

[amascuba]

What blew my mind is at frist they just dove air!!!

There aren't many people who would do those dives on air today, but at the time helium based mixes weren't widely adopted, so air dives to those depths were the norm.