PM FAO CUK Divers or people who may fancy it.

[shaunbhoy]

Is there any real difference?

Well I wouldn't want to find myself at 20 fathoms with only the top one......but I take your point!

[SimonMac]

Asthmatics with nerves of steel and James Bond qualities of a zen-like state of mind in any panic-laden situation.

Other than that the safest place for them is in A hyperbaric chamber on the surface, minus the 20 - 40 metres of water between them and life.

I have only been in a chamber once, and that was with the guy who broke my nose underwater after he freaked out and I went over to give him my spare regulator after he knocked his own out. He was more scared of me than of the deco sickness

[pjclarke]

+1 Jealous.

Was diagnosed with asthma few years ago, but as I am symptom-free nearly all the time other than for about 2 weeks following anything viral, and as I run 5K most days, I just lie on the self-certification medical form. Must have logged 100+ dives as an 'asthmatic' since then, without a hitch. I guess I'm probably invalidating the insurance, but then if I need that I'll probably be dead ....

[Pogle]

Oh this has made me all excited!
We're off to Cuba on holiday soon.