In all except the last five photo, the welding habitat is on the ocean floor. In the last large photo Pat Hicky is testing a reclaimed system for Don Rodocker who had recently started a new company he named "Gas Services". This must be around 1982.
The last three photos are of Mike Elliott, me, and Mike and I. In these photos we're in Rockwater's in house hyperbaric system and we're doing test welds for our engineers.This must be one of Mike's last weld trials before retiring to Aston Texas. The first time I worked with Mike was in 1980. I was the last diving partner he had. We did allot of hyperbaric welds together, maybe more than anyone. Mike was easy to work with. Most divers egos get in the way of the job. Not with Mike. He just wanted to get as much done on our dive as possible and wasn't concerned about who got the credit for it. That's what we are paid for and that's what he did. I never realized how hard it could be working with another diver on the sea bed until Mike retired. Fucking hell mate get the knife out of back.
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