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Karen Flynn wrote:
>
> I have to admit that I've been watching the "Cobber's trimix" thread for the
past couple
> of days before posting. It just got the better of me tonight and I had to say
> something.
>
> First, Cobb admits to diving the "Eureka" off the NC/VA state border with
**mix** to
> determine the difference between a "deep air" buzz and trimix. Swears he saw
some
> difference. Come on now JIM...the Eureka's 116 fsw (35m) deep with an
occasional wash
> out to a max 118 fsw (35.9m). NOBODY'S definition of deep air, or **deep
anything** is
> in that range. Using Tx on a 116 fsw (35m) dive with a low **home brewed**
FN2 put you
> at an EAD of what....35 fsw (10.6m)??? How many of us out there notice the
"buzz"
> difference between 35 fsw and 116 fsw?? Really now!!
>
> The average REAL mid-Atlantic Tx wreck dives (Monitor, E.M. Clark, St.
Augustine,etc)
> are lying in the 240 to 260 fsw (+/-75m) range and you should be on your 6th+
**deco
> stop** before you hit 35 fsw. Matter of fact, you're first deco stop on
those dives
> would be below your max depth on the "Eureka". So maybe you got the
"pre-requisite"
> number of gas switches in to make it a technical dive - but on the
Eureka...who's
> fooling who?? Who cares??
>
> I guess I'm an idealistic gal and believe it takes more than equipment buying
savvy, an
> understanding of tech diving lingo, and a keyboard to make you a techncal
diver. Seems
> to me you should be doing the dives. Experience does matter.
>
> Karen Flynn
>
> PS: IANTD TX certified #560 ('95) and "grandfathered" out of the deep air
pre-requisite
> by Billy Deans due to level of ACTUAL Tx experience prior to the IANTD
course. Now go
> ahead - flame away...
>
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I think what Jim was saying was not just how hard a dive he made nor how
technical. Just how he had tried it and how he felt about the dive. I
really don't think he was trying to tell anyone anymore than that. I
think that there has been times when i have felt the effects of N2 at
relatively shallow depths. I keep thinking back to Georges statement of
helium is your friend. If there is relavance to using Helium at shallow
depths why not? I think that there are other things to consider than
just getting narced. I won't bore anyone with my attempt at describing
these but they are in the archives.
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