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One could try reading the Nitrox course material.  

Nitrox is being pushed as a cure-all for nitrigen narcosis because most
of us just do a few bounce dives over the weekend and O2 loading does
not really come into play.  

It sounds like Drew is planning a more intensive diving schedule, so the
O2 issue at least deserves a closer look.

Ed Brakus wrote:
> 
> So where do you get the real information?
> 
> <snip>
>      First, identify the real risk - it ain't decompression, it is
> >oxygen. Oxygen exposures are cumulative without the proper intervals,
> >and as such are the true risk - death by drowning due to toxing.
> >
> >      Plan your dives to reduce total oxygen exposure over the course of
> >a multi-day series of dives, not increase it. <snip>
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