Catastrophic Decompression; Small Place Solo

Well, it's been awhile, John, and I can hardly remember things that happened
last week, much less things that happened in the 70s. However, I do not
recall anything odd happening to my body during the ascent to 25000 but do
recall my lips doing the blub-blub-blub thing during the decompression. As
the pressure in the chamber rapidly increased, it kinda pushed the trapped
gas out.

Bob

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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I think what Kiwi meant was that you do the "burp & fart" going from SL to
250, when the pressure outside the body is decreasing, as opposed to from
250 to SL, as you posited, when the external pressure would be
*increasing*
rapidly.

JG



"Kiwi Jet Jock" wrote in message
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In the pressure chamber,
from 25000 to sea level is instantaneous and you do a sustained
burp-and-fart.

Bob Gardner

Other way around Bob. (sea level to 25,000)



No way. You start off at sea level,

"Bob Gardner" wrote in message news:bgFIb.16418$I07.44872@attbi_s53...
Well, it's been awhile, John, and I can hardly remember things that happened
last week, much less things that happened in the 70s. However, I do not
recall anything odd happening to my body during the ascent to 25000 but do
recall my lips doing the blub-blub-blub thing during the decompression. As
the pressure in the chamber rapidly increased, it kinda pushed the trapped
gas out.
It's the other parts of your body doing the blub-blub-blub thing that's problematic.

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 16:04:08 -0500, "Ron Natalie"
wrote:


"Bob Gardner" wrote in message news:bgFIb.16418$I07.44872@attbi_s53...
Well, it's been awhile, John, and I can hardly remember things that happened
last week, much less things that happened in the 70s. However, I do not
recall anything odd happening to my body during the ascent to 25000 but do
recall my lips doing the blub-blub-blub thing during the decompression. As
the pressure in the chamber rapidly increased, it kinda pushed the trapped
gas out.
It's the other parts of your body doing the blub-blub-blub thing that's problematic.

Just remember it's absolutely essential to drink lots of beer, eat a
lot of chips with a hot dip and baked beans the night before to make
the altitude chamber a truely memorable experience.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com