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Originally Posted by DeepThought
I think maybe it is time we'd start think of NL dives the same as skydiving, in the sense that once the diver is down he depends on equipment to keep him alive.
Skydivers have an backup parachute, maybe it is time to consider incooperating backups into the NL system.
It is more complicated as the diver will in many cases be too narced to do anything out of the ordinary if equipment fails.
Maybe a combination of floatation vest and counterballast/float-on-sled that are always activated should be the unofficial accepted minimum for NL dives beyond a certain depth. |
I think both the vest developed by Terry Maas or the safety belt developed by Zeagle Systems, with a few adjustments, can be used to make a "safety backpack" for deep free dives. But I also believe that AIDA should follow the example of CMAS and stop recognizing "no limits" record attempts. That will not stop people for trying, but at least it will remove an incentive for doing it, and maybe encourage divers to compete in less dangerous disciplines. The elimination of the sled will drastically limit the depth and therefore facilitate the work of safety divers, IMHO.
