Chat with an old saturation diver made me nervous about my gas training

Ran into a guy at the dock in Freeport who did 30 years in the North Sea and he said half the new guys he sees can't read a decompression table without pulling out a phone. He told me if your battery dies at 200 feet you're just guessing. How do you keep your table skills sharp when everything's digital now?

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blair_webb20d ago

Keep a laminated card of the key tables in your drysuit pocket as a backup. I run through a random depth-time scenario while my coffee brews each morning just to keep it fresh. If you can do the math in your head without the phone, you'll never be the guy second-guessing a stop.

milaw1420d agoMost Upvoted

Ngl, that "run through scenarios while coffee brews" thing is brilliant.

morgan_martinez20d ago

That coffee trick actually sounds like something I'd actually try.