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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 09:57:42 -1000 (HST)
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*>
To: Dan Volker <dlv@ga*.ne*>
Cc: "George M. Irvine III" <gmiiii@in*.co*>,
     Eric Maiken , Robert Wolov ,
     techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: gas exchange rates ; "Blow & Go" Revisited
> Sorry I could not get back to you sooner...I have to "work" sometimes....:)
> I ran into Jack Kellon yesterday, and mentioned the thread on bubble theory 
> vs compartment theory, with the "Blow and Go" example. Apparently, Jack, and 
> Morgan Wells, and the other guys who have been doing the deep dives and 
> theory for 30 years, feel the math clearly proves the delta P between 10 ata 
> and 6 ata indicates "Blow and Go" would be the safer, better way to approach 
> decompression (better than a slow ascent to 100 feet)

What math????  Compartment-based math???  Our bodies don't work on 
compartment-based math! Nope, I'm sticking with what works in reality, 
rather than what the math says.

 ...i.e., 25 minutes at 
> 10 ata, then fully inflate BC to 6 ata, dump BC, hang out a few minutes, and 
> go slowly to a 60 foot  first deco stop, and slow throughout the balance of 
> the ascent/stops. They don't feel the change in pressure between 10 ata and 
> 6 ata is large enough to justify the much larger saturation which would 
> occurr in the slow "initial ascent" from extreme depth. 

This is nothing short of nuts.

Rich

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