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You answered your own question.  Please, tell us who the instructor is so we
can steer others clear and give the instructor "a wide berth".

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Wheeler <KevinWheeler@mi*.co*>
To: cavers@cavers.com <cavers@cavers.com>; techdiver@aq*.co*
<techdiver@aq*.co*>
Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 11:54 AM
Subject: Diving Wet with Steel100's: A good idea?


>Groups,
>
>I am currently taking an IANTD course involving advanced nitrox in
>preparation for this season's off shore wreck diving. I will be diving
>wet
>for this season and the instructor is recommending that I purchase a set
>of
>dual steel 100s or 95s or Pressteel 104s.  I think I have observed some
>discussion on these lists regarding the issue of overweighting and I am
>concerned that this may become a serious issue for me especially since I
>am
>5'10" weigh about 170 and have what I consider to be a very good air
>consumption rate.  My instructor (who I will not name) insists that I
>will
>need the extra gas and the weight is not an issue with the OMS buoyancy
>control system, which his shop also recommends and sells.
>
>I am more inclined to use a set of aluminum 80s; however I am told that
>this
>system is inadequate and dangerous. Since this forthcoming purchase will
>
>invovlve a significant expense I would appreciate opinions from any of
>the
>list participants.
>
>Forgive me in advance if this seems like a dumb question; however I am
>relatively new to technical diving and am having a bit of difficultly
>figuring out what may be obvious to those with considerably more
>experience.
>Another thing is that my gut feeling is that my instructors
>"conventional
>wisdom" and socalled "common sense" "this should be obvious because it
>is
>written into the standards" does not really add up when you think
>through
>the process.
>
>Safe Diving,
>
>Kevin Wheeler
>
>

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