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On Fri, 8 Jul 1994, Jody Svendsen wrote:

> > Note that although I have He in my tissues as well as N2 from my gas dive,
we
> > can ignore the He on the second dive since there isn't any in the air I will
> > be breathing.
> 
> Sorry if this sounds like a flame, but this is totally wrong.  Just 
> because you are not breathing on a gas does not mean that it can't bend 
> you.  There will still be helium in your body on the second dive, and 
> it will increase your decompression requirements.  

Jody,

Could you please elaborate on this? Assuming he'd not been bent on the
first dive, wouldn't he continue to off-gas helium throughout the 2nd dive?
How could the helium in his body from the first dive cause problems after
the 2nd dive? Are you thinking in terms of helium bubbles formed after
the first dive (as per David Doolett's comment)? It's not that I doubt you,
it's just that I'm not sure I understand your reasoning.

Aloha,

Rich

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