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MSMAIL%"HeimannJ@WL* SCSD"%GTEC3.dnet@gt*.co* writes: > [... a few of Gentile's inaccuracies elided ...] > > The old adage "believe half of what you read" seems to hold for > technical diving - if it doesn't make sense to you, double check it. Yes, both of Gentile's wreck diving books suffer from a smattering of inaccuracies that are unfortunate. The one that bothers me most is his assertion in both books that if you blow your deco and surface, but then redescend within 5 minutes, you can simply complete your deco and "you will not get bent." He has *seriously* confused commercial Sur-D procedures with reality. _Mixed Gas Diving_ makes the same error, though they include all sorts of complicated procedures designed to make it safer. I think it's time someone wrote an article and exploded this myth. > It's your life on the line, not the author's. Absolutely. Do *NOT* follow their in-water procedures for missed decompression stops! Safe diving, Dave Story NAUI AI Z9588, PADI DM 43922, EMT story@be*.wp*.sg*.co* See it, don't spear it.
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