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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 10:11:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Ken Sallot <afn35346@af*.or*>
To: Jason Rogers <gasdive@sy*.DI*.oz*.au*>
Cc: techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: Spare Air/Pony (was manifolds & inde, was trimix bailout)
On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, Jason Rogers wrote:

> I can follow rule #1 with ease!  (Don't dive with strokes) as I never
> dive with *anyone*.  I also identify strokes on the hoof, by looking
> for the manifold.  How do you spot a stroke *before* they throw the
> shit into the fan?

You can get an idea by talking to them.. You know, they'll tell you they 
took a deep air class so they can dive Eagles Nest, or have a Chevy 
Impala on a clip attached to a D-Ring on their tanks.

I also only dive with a select few people.. I usually will trust 
their judgement if they want to bring another along. Sometimes I'm 
wrong on that point. 

> Yes.  Helium will flow more than twice as fast as air.  TMX is somewhere
> in between (depending on the mix).  For the high He mixes used in the
> states (where He is *CHEAP*) then double is close to the mark.

Ok, so we have 5 minutes instead of 10 for doubles to empty. That does 
leave the question though of what are you doing with a burst disk anyway??

Ken
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Ken Sallot        "Your trim goes to hell when you run out of air"
afn35346@af*.or*                                         - Jim Wei
http://grove.ufl.edu/~ken/

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