Posted 31 October 2004 - 09:46 AM
Kevin,
You are missing Walter's point. I did some research on the Hydro myself. I personally draw a line at approximately 130 ft. for tri-mix myself. I have done EAN26/Air deeper. I am not proud of myself for doing it and I followed my dive plans to the letter when I did it and did nothing wrong. But, I have done dives in training and gotten narced fairly to a pretty decent extent. I would have to safely say that your judgement (hence, your buddy skills) will be worse than you think at 120 ft. or deeper. This is why most deep divers are trained to be relatively self sufficient. Your buddy may not be there for you. You may not be capable of being there for them. This is especially true on air. Please get the training to do this right before you try to dive a wreck with a 170 ft. to the sand.
From what I have heard, this may be a "goal" wreck for you, much as the Empress or the Doria would be for me. I may be ready for them some day but not now.
Consider that from a wreck diver who would like to see the participants in his sport last a long time. Besides, getting the skills to do a tri-mix class can't hurt you. Right?
Respectfully,
Brian
A person should be judged in this life not by the mistakes that they make nor by the number of them. Rather they are to be judged by their recovery from them.