Remembering Brendan

[WJH]

Analyzer bought shortly after the incident and well used since then. Thanks for the reminders.

WJH

[allen]

Brendan did not die in vain, but it is sad that dive safety comes at such a price. Every serious techie now owns a CO analyzer. One beauty of CO analyzers is that one can check function by breathing into it. State park air is is ~0 ppm. Normal human breath contains 1 or 2 ppm CO. If your analyzer reads 0 after blowing hard into it, it isn't working.

[DogHouseDiver]

Thanks for posting the details Rob.... It hits home hearing about a nice easy dive turning awful so fast.

[MichaelAngelo]

Brendan did not die in vain, but it is sad that dive safety comes at such a price. Every serious techie now owns a CO analyzer. One beauty of CO analyzers is that one can check function by breathing into it. State park air is is ~0 ppm. Normal human breath contains 1 or 2 ppm CO. If your analyzer reads 0 after blowing hard into it, it isn't working.

Gene Milton recently reminded me of an old Military saying. "Safety Standards are written in blood." Sadly this is an example.

[bl6394]

Bought my CO Analyzer after Michael Angelo's presentation at the NSS CDS Workshop this year. Appreciate your post.

Bjorn

[deepairmike]

Brendan was a world class explorer and one of the best men to walk this earth. I am alive becouse Brendan traded dives with me that day... 3 years before in that same system I had a CO cantaminated tank. I got to the point were I couldnt swim. It was Brendan who pulled me the last 400' and got me out. I have not dove a tank since that day that was not tested.
RIP Brother.

[Arctic Mike]

Although I didn't know him for very long, Brendan indeed left a positive impression on me. He was an excellent diver and explorer and was more than willing to share his knowledge with others. I never used a CO detector prior to this accident, but I do today. I wish we all could have learned this lesson differently. Brendan is certainly missed. Thanks for the reminder.

[bpcfire1]

God bless and he will be missed.

[Samantha]

Thank you, Rob, for the remembrance and the reminder. I, too, brought one last year after reading about Brendan.