Reply to:     RE>>Oxygen Decompression (c

George,

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>
>        The 1.6 is our MAXIMUM deco PPO2, so is only evident for the first
stop 
>of a gas switch. To use air to deliver 1.6 would imply an unacceptable
narcossis 
>risk and slam risk in a cave as well. It is unnecessary. These are the
shortest 
>stops. Running high narcossis is not ever a good idea, and the damage the high 
>PPN2 without helium does is ridiculous. - G

I agree. Air is not useful for ANY of these deco's where the PPO2 is high enough
to do any good (unless you specifically wanted an air break at a shallow depth 
due to OTU load, although this wouldn't help that much).

Thanks.

Steve

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