On Tuesday, June 12, 2001 9:01 PM, Huw Porter wrote:

(snip)
> Given how close to killing himself he came to killing himself on that
dive,
> 300m, if he's really intending to do that on *air*, sounds more like a
> death wish than a record attempt. =:-0  254m sounds like it could be a
> trimix record.

Hah!  I still maintain that I hold an unbeaten trimix depth record -
admittedly it was when the threads on my DIN valve cylinder wouldn't accept
the reg just prior to a dive at Shelly Beach.  I rushed back to the shop,
told them my dilemma and was handed another tank.  I analysed the O2, (about
23%), content and took off quickly back to the beach and completed the dive.

When I arrived back at the shop, Tricky was in a tizz.  Apparently somebody
in the shop had misplaced his cylinder that he was using the folllowing day
for a trimix dive.  I firmly maintain that it was the most expensive Shelly
Beach dive ever and a new (shallow) depth record for trimix!  :-)

Strike