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Re:I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil by Swannie on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @07:03PM (#10503656)
Absolutely. This is also well known in the amateur caving community too, who follow similar practices to those outlined by yourself. I too find this crazy.

As they say in the diving industry about water and confined spaces: a deceptively easy way to die.

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Re:I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil by BuildTheRobots on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @05:37AM (#10505655)
I've just realised that the word document linked to actually seems to be dated 1974 (google makes it seem possible that the incident was 1971). It doesn't excuse anything but I like to think we've gotten a bit better since then. I get the impression in caving circles at least, "bad air" is much better understood these days.

(irrelevant, but for the record, cave diving scares the pants off've me =) )

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Re:I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil by eddyg on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @10:51AM (#10507369)
An PDF scan[1] shows that it's from the Vol. 11, No. 3 ("Spring 1966") issue of "Michigan's Occupational Health".

[1] http://www.michigan.gov/documents/lara/lara_miosha_moh_bulle...

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