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Date: 21 Mar 1996 11:50:59 -0700
From: "Steve Hogan" <Steve_Hogan@qm*.sp*.tr*.co*>
Subject: Re: Oxygen Decompression (c
To: "Richard Pyle" <deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*>, cavers@ge*.co*,
     techdiver@terra.net, "Trey Irvine"
 Reply to:     RE>>Oxygen Decompression (c

Rich,

>I suspect because it is air, and the 190-foot limit has to do with 
>narcosis, not O2 levels. Sure, he could "custom blend" a nitrox to give 
>him the "best of both worlds" at that depth, but that would be silly 
>because he's not at that depth long enough for it to matter.  I'm sure G 
>will answer much more eloquently.

That would give George and his team a PPN2 of 5.3.
Would't this be considered DEEP AIR, something that 
George is vehemently against? I would expect that WKPP 
would not add NN risk to a cave dive, even for a short time. 

George?





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