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From: "John R. Rose" <rose@cs*.sc*.ed*>
Subject: Re: more assinine sillyness
To: wolov@hi*.co* (Robert Wolov)
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 10:42:58 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: afn50125@af*.or*, cavers@ge*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com

Richard Todd says:
> >    maybe it's time another agency step up and "pet the pony" so to speak,
> >and offer real certifications. let's cut all of the horseshit, there only
> >needs to be three of these certifications; nitrox, a no bullshit course
> >which teaches you everything you need to know about nitrox; technical diver,
> >a course which teaches you decompression techniques, included o2 accelerated
> >deco; trimix, a course that teaches you how to dive deeper then 130' using
> >helium in your breathing mix.

Yes, RT, you have a point here. I keep waiting for the argon-inflation
Nitrox course series. Naturally this will be followed with the
argon-inflation Trimix series.

I think that a line of reasoning analogous to the deep air
(lack of) reasoning should be used for trimix argon inflation series,
i.e., prior to doing trimix dives with argon inflation, students should
be required to do a dive with 4-5 hours of deco in 70 degree water with
trimix inflation. Then they should do the same dive using argon inflation.
This way they will be convinced through first hand experience that argon
inflation is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
 
Finally, to round things out there should be an
argon-inflation-while-on-DPV course.

-John
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