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From: "Terry McCracken" <terrym@it*.ns*.co*.au*>
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 10:43:50 -0500
In-Reply-To: gregr@st*.cs*.su*.oz*.au* (Greg Ryan)
"not as silly as it sounds" (Jul 21, 9:22am)
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Subject: Re: not as silly as it sounds
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On Jul 21, 9:22am, Greg Ryan wrote:
> Subject: not as silly as it sounds
> From: Rick Williams <williams@ma*.ev*.ed*>
> Subject: Re: Wrong reg @ depth
>
> ... and silly as it sounds, one recreational diving lake near me
> is considering a policy to forbid Nitrox. This is in a lake 18 feet
deep!
>
> Hardly silly compared to the situation in Australia where nitrox is
> currently banned for recreational diving throughout Queensland (the state
> conveniently located adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef).
>
> I believe the ban comes from the state's work cover authority and prevents
> nitrox being sold in dive shops, nitrox courses being taught, and may
> extend to its use on commercial charters.
Even more silly is the fact that this same government looked very closly at
banning air on charter boats. They decided because so many people were
getting wednesday bends that all charter boats should use Nitrox only. It was
only the fact that you can't carry that much O2 on the extended trips that
made them change their minds. So they then did a complete backflip and banned
Nitrox totally. We have come to expect shuch activities from our Northern
cousins (I live next state south of Questland) I think they get too much
sun.(G) All this has caused a thriving Nitrox training program just over the
border.
Terry
>
> Greg Ryan gregr@cs*.su*.oz*.au*
>
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>-- End of excerpt from Greg Ryan
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