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OK, I guesss we need to go ahead and do something here: we have one
agency run by a blustereing fat slob deep air diver whose only claim to
fame is the diving equivalent of glue sniffing , and another so full of
known idiots and inconsistencies, as well as ridiculous standards and
bullshit courses that it is time to Do It Right with training, too.
Let's get on with it and give divers a way to learn, excell, and be safe
doing it. The day of the stroke just ended. We will set the example, as
usual.

  John R. Rose wrote:
> 
> 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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