This type of rig has worked for me for close to twenty-years (+). I do use an electric motor driven, oil-less compressor with an extra air dryer added. I generally stay 25' or less, but I have bounced down to about 70' to free a fouled anchor.
You try diving 200' in a dirty flowing river in good gear. Then come back and try to tell me with a straight face that these guys are doing it as stated. Not a chance.
One thing I agree on though. It's not about the gear.
lets see 90 minutes at 200', what woudlk your hang time be? Oh wait 200' on oxygen, no hang time doing the funky chicken at about 30'! I think the reporter got a lot of his info mixed up.
No OSHA and/or Jones Act in South Asia. Hey Ghost, this is good gear for their area. I personally have never dived the Mississippi River, but I have been on salvage jobs on the LMR, where divers used 36" steel casing to go from surface to depth and back.
So much for needing a bunch of fancy gear.
Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 15:47:50
