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Mon Cher Capitaine, Kevin Gannon didn't " may have gotten it wrong". He purposely wrote his little snippet to discredit us and antagonize members of the WKPP. He comes right out and states plainly that we have an obvious "hidden agenda". Our agenda is not hidden. We are right up front about our commitment to the "Doing it Right" credo. So far "Doing it Right" seems to have a pretty good track record compared to what else is out there. Do you not agree? As for talking to people, I believe we know how to do that fairly well. I think the 80 or so individuals who attended the WKPP Indian Springs Seminar on February 28th seemed to comprehend the many positive and informative messages which were put out. Let's face it. You've taken something of a beating of late on this whole issue of physical fitness and decompression, beginning with Dan Volker's comments on VO2 max. Frankly, I must applaud your honesty with regard to coming out and admitting your physical indisposition. I am sure you are a pretty nice guy with plenty of friends who will attest to this fact. It tends to come with the territory of being a dive charter captain. Still, based on my own experience and that of many of my WKPP colleagues I can tell you flat out that you are in for a serious physical beating the moment you attempt to pull a mixed gas exposure exceeding 30 minutes (time on the bottom) at 280. Decompression is very much a function of cross sectional area and microcirculatory perfusion. Thick concentrations of body fat are poorly vascularized and must be decompressed very carefully. In fact, my guess, is that you simply cannot properly decompress severely fatty tissues without significant capillary blockage and subsequent damage. The DCS type 1 symptoms to bulk fatty tissue are not very pretty and approximate a crushing injury. The first time this happens to you, and it has happened to me (and I have relatively little body fat and subscribe to the Dan Volker school of fitness) you will be signing up with an aerobics program at your local gym. All of the guys in the WKPP will gladly share this information with you. Just ask nicely, publicly or privately. Best regards, Bill Mee CAPTZEROOO wrote: > > Kevin pulled that information fro YOUR site. He may have gotten it wrong, he > freely admited to the posibilty. > > You guys at Wkpp need to relax & learn how to talk to people. Your messages to > people would have a lot more posotive effect if you could post the civily. > > N one died & gave you the right to shut someone up, other than consenting > members of your team > > Captain Zero -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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