You can go much deeper than 10 fathoms without supplemental oxygen, half the people reading this right now could do it with some training.
The world record is 117 fathoms on a single breath.
You can go much deeper than 10 fathoms without supplemental oxygen, half the people reading this right now could do it with some training.
The world record is 117 fathoms on a single breath.
I need supplemental oxygen at less than 1 fathom under water, if I stay there long enough...
I highly recommend using compressed air over oxygen. Nitrox 100 (pure oxygen) becomes toxic below 5 meters...
1.6 bars partial pressure Oxygen is considered unsafe / hazardous.
Nitrogen also becomes toxic, requiring you to substitute it with helium (or hydrogen).
Interesting talk on the subject: https://youtu.be/skL5EQa8DFY
It's why I'll always remain happy with recreational diving at depths less than 40m :) Tech divers are a bit crazy imo. Sure, there's nice views to be had (if you bring a lot of light), but it's not worth the risk for me.
While we're at it, 20000 leagues under the sea is the distance they travelled, not the depth
How many fathoms do you have to go before even death may die?
1 fathom = 1.8288 metres. Yeah, I get why it's funny now.
The end of that reads like the grim dark of the 40k universe there is nothing but war
And then some nerds with a cool camera robot get down there because they want to poke dead whales with shit and see what happens
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