Have you gotten bent?

[Bob Cree]

Rich, were the 3 cave divers who took rides recently doing repetitive dives?

http://www.cavediver.net/forum/showp...6&postcount=17

Both were repetitive dives, and shortish (<2 hours each). maybe that does indeed play a part.

Hmm...I keep hearing this same scenario...empirically, I have come to the conclusion it does play a part (maybe major) and when I came to that point of view, I changed my diving pattern from a couple of one to two hour deco dives per day to only one longer deco dive in a day. I get a higher quality dive in, although I am still a bit concerned for how multiple days affects things - but when in cave country, I'll be damned if I won't get at least a solid dive in per day.

http://www.cavediver.net/forum/showp...6&postcount=17

But I started this a little tongue in cheek after some speaker offered his services to talk about how brave he was after being bent. Presumably he thinks that getting bent makes him an expert.

Ah, lol - hand me a rotten tomato...

[Rich]

Rich, were the 3 cave divers who took rides recently doing repetitive dives? Hmm...I keep hearing this same scenario...empirically, I have come to the conclusion it does play a part (maybe major) and when I came to that point of view, I changed my diving pattern from a couple of one to two hour deco dives per day to only one longer deco dive in a day. I get a higher quality dive in, although I am still a bit concerned for how multiple days affects things - but when in cave country, I'll be damned if I won't get at least a solid dive in per day.

I'm not sure about the divers plans, but I don't do more than one long dive a day myself unless someone's paying me too!

For instance I was guiding a gentleman a while back who liked to do a double stage scooter in the morning and a single stage scooter in the afternoon and I don't think I've ever drank that much water in one week!

IMHO the big factors in getting bent is LACK OF HYDRATION and EXERTION AFTER THE DIVE! Anyways, back to filling tanks......

Safe diving,

Rich

[MORGAN]

IMHO the big factors in getting bent is LACK OF HYDRATION and EXERTION AFTER THE DIVE!

Agreed, IMHAIIO (in my humble and ill-informed opinion)

When I'm diving, I drink so much water that I have to pee with inconvenient frequency and my urine looks like Ginnie Springs water.

As for avoiding exertion, that's pretty much a lifestyle, both before and after diving!

It's kept me out of the chamber so far!

Mike

[LiteHedded]

I had some weirdness after surfacing a bit sooner than I should've at little river.
some weird tunnel vision and extreme fatigue.
dunno if that counts or not...

[fixxervi6]

I have a scar on my left hand, after a mix dive in cold water I got a rash below the scar that kind of stung and itched at the same time, puffy and red, went away after a day.

I've had a dive that afterward I crashed hard, EXTREME fatigue but no lasting symptoms outside 24 hours

I put never been bent tho, cause to me thats gray area, I dont' count that as bent.

[Bob Cree]

...don't do more than one long dive a day...

IMHO the big factors in getting bent is LACK OF HYDRATION and EXERTION AFTER THE DIVE!

Totally agree.

Take a good surface interval and take your time with collecting gear. And most importantly have a cold one between each trip to the water.

[MengTze]

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IMHO the big factors in getting bent is LACK OF HYDRATION and EXERTION AFTER THE DIVE!

Normally i hang around at the surface for a little while to 'surface decompress' so to speak. This one time, I wanted to get out fast, packed up my gear, scooter and within 20 minutes had a sore shoulder. This got progressively worse in the hotel and my skin was getting mottled.

Exertion after a long dive will get you indeed.

[LiteHedded]

i've heard bubbling will be at its peak 45 mins to an hour after diving. that it's best to get out of the water immediately after the dive

[Pelagic]

Bubbles peak around 30 minutes after surfacing which is usually when most of us finish chewing the fat on the surface and get out and start all that exertion Implied advice from Simon Mitchell at Eurotek a few months ago was get out immediately, get the exerton over with and then rest afterwards.

It seems to me that when people start out - several small dives a day are the norm to build up the logbook and with no deco gas and some potentially agressive profiles like Little River it's not good. A couple of friends got bent that way last year.

[smaclean]

I'm also a little curious as to how long ago these hits occurred. I took a type one hit in 1992 on a deep mix dive. We were using dissolved gas deco tables which REALLY maximized your gradient. Since deep stops, slower ascent rates and bubble control now play such a prominent role in deco theory, I have not had any other incident. If the poll addressed hits say in the last five years, I wonder if this would affect the results.