There is precedent for free diving DCS, they even have an old special name for it, Taravana. It was named after the Pacific Islanders that were first discovered to have DCS symptoms from repetitive, deep free dives. I understand scooter free divers may have even suffered DCS already. Most free diving records although involving extreme depth rarely also involve near term repetition. It is a real issue, one that deserves careful consideration particularly for guys that have already had DCS from SCUBA diving. I would think it would be fairly easy but also potentially hazardous to do numerous free dives to 100 to 120 ft. in a fairly short period of time without exercising some precautions. Still trying to figure out what reasonable precautions would be the most effective.
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