Must not have been clearing his ears on the way up or down. If you clear
your ears, there will be no unequal pressure on either side to cause any
damage whatsoever. That's what the eustacian tube is there for.

mike regish

"Mike O'Malley" wrote in message
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Two, a friend of mine used to fly jumpers in a King Air. Surface to
14,000 and back in about 10 minutes, most of it in a climb. He had to
be going down over 6000 fpm. After a few hundered hours of that, his
ear drums had so much scar tissue on them that they wouldn't 'seal'
enough to cause pain. Don't know how true it was, but that's what he
told me, only way I can think of he could manage to do that day after
day.

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Mike