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>     Rich, you don't do this kind of diving. You don't use
> a doubles rig. You don't penetrate wrecks or cave. Rich,
> I love ya, but shut up. - G 

I do use doubles rigs all the time (at least I used to).  I don't
penetrate caves, nor do I penetrate wrecks; but you didn't limit your
assault on that configuration to those sorts of dives.  I know how you
feel about "deco weenies", but TRUST ME - when you spend a year of your
life learning how to walk again, and are told by some of the best in the
medical-treatment-of-bends business that you should never ever ever
consider diving again, you become a deco weenie.  I understand why John
developed his configuration they way he did.  In your world, people die
during the bottom part of the dive.  In my world, they die about an hour
after they leave the water because they botched decompression somehow. 
The lucky ones don't die, they just spend the rest of their lives in a
wheelchair.  Bends may not be a huge issue in cave diving, because the
trip out of the cave forces some degree of decompression anyway.  On a
straight shot to the surface, bends is a big issue.  Decompression gas is
way more important than bottom gas in many situations.  I love ya too,
George, but unless you limit your assault of back-mounted deco gas to
hard-core penetrations, then you'll have me to contend with.

Rich

One more thing, when we dive this summer, be sure to bring a good book to 
read while you wait for me on the deco line.  The novelty of paralysis 
has worn off for me.

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