Negative PR

[cmalinowski]

Most divers don't expect to ever be bent. I didn't... up until I got bent...

Yes, but I wouldn't have made that dive.

getting bent seems like a matter of when, not if

Sludge, you better go out and blow off some deco and just get it over with

[BobK]

Yes, but I wouldn't have made that dive.

Wouldn't have mattered for you. To get bent, I think you have to actually consume compressed gas underwater. With a SAC rate of .01 or so, you obviously don't !

[dogwatch]

???

I make about thirty dives a year at Jackson Blue. I've never been bent and I don't expect I'll ever BE bent.

Dude - find some wood to knock on or something ....... that's almost like saying you'll never have a motorcycle wreck (i.e. not if, but when ....)

[Jay]

getting bent seems like a matter of when, not if

Who knows? I started deep air diving in the late 80's, ala Gentile and the crew. Stuff we would consider stupid now. A thousand dives later I was into nitrox and trimix. A thousand dives of that, I haven't gotten bent. I am pretty concientious about my schedules and such, but it may be just pure luck more then anything. Some people just seem predisposed to DCS, gas related incidents, etc.

[jeandiver]

Is there a cave diver who's got their Abe Davis in Florida and HASN'T gotten bent? If so, I'll submit they've spent too much time at Peacock...

HEY !!!!! (snarl)

Just cus I am happy with Peacock ... (er...)

I tend to err on the side of conservatism anyway...I leave the exploration to the pro's.

Jason: thanks for the interesting words. Well said.

Beano Baggins

P.S. So YES , we're around...

[LiteHedded]

people have been bent at peacock too
it happens :P