Are they talking about Judy Bedard???

[Gibby]

Seems to me that scuba diving mag changed most of the situation and names but the accident senario is right on from what I last heard.

http://www.scubadiving.com/training/...ngerous_blend/

If it is the story they based it on, it's pretty ineresting how much they changed it.

G

[JE]

Seems to me that scuba diving mag changed most of the situation and names but the accident senario is right on from what I last heard.

http://www.scubadiving.com/training/...ngerous_blend/

If it is the story they based it on, it's pretty ineresting how much they changed it.

G

'A Dangerous Blend'...By Michael Ange

Gibby,

It would be interesting to find out who Michael Ange is, & where he got his information for this story-! I find this a mite disturbing-!
Be safe

J.

[Gibby]

A little to coincidental to me.
Does this happen often with trimix?

[BabyDuck]

i don't think you can be *sure* since the details were changed to protect the innocent & the guilty & the author, but that's exactly what i thought of when i read it, too.

he's associated with seaduction, a shop in dunn, nc. i don't know if he's the owner, *an* owner, their instructor, or what, but that's an affiliation. he & the shop were at beneath the sea.

and that's all i know about that.

[Al]

It would be interesting to find out who Michael Ange is, & where he got his information for this story-! I find this a mite disturbing-!
Be safe

J.

http://www.sub-aquaticsurvivor.com/instructors.asp

[john]

Im going to say no..

The entire thing changed except for the one mistake.

So I am pretty sure its happened before especially the way the author described the home garage fill..

Rudy had access to clean HE.

[RN]

It probably is about Judy. I've read a few of Ange's stories, including the one he wrote about the death on the Yukon last year. The details are usually way off, but the story is close enough for him to make his point. He's even published a book of his lessons for life. A few of his stories lead to bad conclusions. There was one a few months ago. I don't remember the details, but Ange was way off on his recommendations.

[BobK]

It probably is about Judy. I've read a few of Ange's stories, including the one he wrote about the death on the Yukon last year. The details are usually way off, but the story is close enough for him to make his point. He's even published a book of his lessons for life. A few of his stories lead to bad conclusions. There was one a few months ago. I don't remember the details, but Ange was way off on his recommendations.

Well, one of his conclusions in this one that "garage filling stations" are death traps is a stretch. Around here I can show him a garage filling station that is better equipped and run then any of the dive shops in the area.

I'd say that generally, the people filling their own tanks have a lot more interest in getting it right then some of the "professional" dive shop employees I've seen.

But now, thousands of divers out there are going to be certain that I, and many others, are playing Russian Roulette every time we crack an O2 or He bottle valve

[DeWayne]

He has also recommended a slow approach to tech diving in his column, despite him being the driving force behind the ill-fated "tech diver boot camp." I have read all of his stories in the mag and have come away feeling that he is writing to impress the editors rather than to inform the public.

[JE]

It would be interesting to find out who Michael Ange is, & where he got his information for this story-! I find this a mite disturbing-!
Be safe

J.

http://www.sub-aquaticsurvivor.com/instructors.asp

Mike seems respected & well trained & informed. Thank you Al. An article well written, even though many here have doubts as to the true story that occured. I, for one will not judge him or anyone who wishes to inform us of the many hazzards we face in our diving endeavors. One thing remains most crucial: Think-!
Be safe

je