I agree, IANTD teaches complete idiots to trimix dive (I have seen this first 
hand), so why not Nitrox? Maybe Tom could make it 14/86 nitrox to go with the 
80/20 oxygen mix until these clowns can learn buoyancy control. 

The fact is, Rich, that unless you have a good reason to dive nitrox, there is 
absolutely no justification for taking this kind of physical abuse. There is no 
reason to subject new divers to this kind of risk. They will not be even
capable 
of staying down long enough to get into deco with air.

 Once again, anyone who does did real dives would  know this, and not be using 
nitrox unless absolutely necessary. Anyone who is  actually in decent physical 
conditon would dread using this crap , as it takes days to get back to where
you 
were beforehand due to the lung damage caused by this stuff.

- G


On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*> wrote:
>
>I think IANTD has taken the right direction with OW nitrox - i.e., 
>including nitrox within entry-level certification courses.  Why?  Well, 
>what's so special about nitrox training?  You need to learn what partial 
>pressures are, and you need to have a rough idea of how different partial 
>pressures of N2 and O2 in conjunction with ambient pressure tend to affect 
>human physiology.  As far as I'm concerned, this is material that ALL 
>scuba divers should know.  By including nitrox training within 
>entry-level scuba courses, the courses now cover material that should have 
>been covered in all basic scuba courses all along.
>
>Aloha,
>Rich
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