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George says:-


>Paul, do not mention the good instructors who refuse the deep air crap.
>This vindictive idiot Gilliam already called up two of the WKPP guys and
>read them the riot act about this. They fortuneately are just droppiong


Jim says:-
>He said that the deepair class was basically instruction on air
>consumption, gas management, gas switching, tables, etc. The >trimix part
was really easy, and just a short add-on to the deepair >class, and he saw
no problem with rolling the two classes together >and skipping the deepair
dives, if that's what the student wants.

This is precicely why I did not print his name here.
We're getting into a rather stange situation, with the people who seem to
understand these things and, more to the point, do the dives are coming out
against deep air.

It seems now that the people willing to teach mix without insisting that the
student tries deep air are being castigated by the two organisations
responsible for the majority of c-cards held.  Will Trimix training w/o deep
air be forced underground.  It was only a couple of weeks ago that the WKPP
were accused of being NAZIs are there new pretenders for the throne ;-)?

I know that I am impaired below certain depths on air which is why I am
choosing to learn Trimix. To be told that I have to complete a course 'to
become acclimatised to deep air' is ridiculous.

Without drawing the usual analogy to driving - everyone understands that, I
know that I am dangerous deep on air, I don't need to be taken deeper to
prove it, that would risk my life and the instructor's wouldn't we both then
be contravining rule #1?

just a few thoughts from a Trimix virgin.

regs
Paul


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