Sorry, just tuning in... Has anyone thought of what to do when these guys get the bends? Anyone know where the nearest decompression chamber is? Have they talked about this at all? Thanks...
No different than going on a rapid ski lift. There is no water involved so no problem.
“Has anyone thought of what to do when these guys get the bends?”
As others have said, there is no worry of that since there is no water involved, so the pressure difference is the same as just gaining altitude, like going up a skyscraper or a ski lift.
However, an interesting thought experiment: If there WAS that kind of pressure down below, they could just have the miners walk under the pipe/hole one by one and they would just shoot right up and out of the pipe like a big spitball from a straw!
I think the biggest “adaptability” issue they are going to face is getting used to daylight again after being in comparatively dim lighting for over two months. I also wonder what it did to their circadian rhythm?
They're not going to get the bends. The pressure differential from ascending 2,000 feet down isn't enough to do more than pop your ears a couple of times.
Ever been on an airplane?
I heard that the pressure differential is not radical enough to worry about the bends. I did hear they were giving them compression socks and some kind of a compression girdle.
Come on doc....we are not talking sea water pressure here..this is not a caisson....that mine hole is open to ambient....surprised if the bottom of that hole is 14.7.....looking at Google earth, those mountains in that area are in the 2500-3000 foot range...down 2300 feet...still 700 ASL...but, maybe I’m wrong....spent MANY an hour in a Compression chambers in my AF days.....numerous “Table 6” dives from this ole Freeper..