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Le/On11 Nov 96 @ 13:15, vous ecrivites/you wrote: ... > As for rebreathers being "magic carpet rides", you're bnarking > up the wrong tree there. Rebreathers have been around longer then > conventional SCUBA equipment, and they are better tried/tested. Even though this is true, the recreational diving community (how many of you guys earn your food by diving in caves?) has far more man/hours on open circuit than rebreathers, so the "better tried/tested" argument is perhaps a little bit far fetched when talking about *RECREATIONAL* diving. > Plus they're just safer, when you can have all the equipment to do > some of these dives in a compact case, it just makes better sense. > I teach all of my cave classes that they should consider taking a > rebreather course from me when they're done, so they can get some > experience on the rebreather and make the dicision for themselvs. This is fine, but this assumes that the rebreather training truly gives them not only the proper information to make this decision, but also the right mindset and, more importantly, the objectivity... ------------------ Pour la Republique Francaise du Quebec -------------------- Thanks to American influence, instead of thinking on how solve social problems or feed everybody properly,the elites of the world only think on how to expand their wealth, personal power and influence at the expense of other people. Our children will be happy to live on a planet left in shambles by those "people". ~~ Last dives: still the Aloha, the Effie Mae & the Wolfe Islander, 25 mfw ~~ This is a long signature; Toto, I don't think we're on FIDONET anymore... Marc Dufour - [\] ACUC6 31874 - TDI CD-0197 - http://www.accent.net/emdx
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