Boy, Seattle is a real scuba diving backwater, isn't it?

Garrett, here on the Techdiver forum, we discuss such leading edge topics 
as nitrox, helium and other techniques and systems used by advanced 
divers. The trend I have seen is what is hot among the rather small group 
of stage divers is that sooner or later it filters down to the rec divers 
in spite of the best efforts of instrokters and the mainstream agencies 
they pay their yearly dues to.

Adding helium to your mix is no harder than doing a tank of nitrox. And 
around here in Virginia Beach, VA, all shop offers nitrox, what would be 
the big deal to throw in some He as well? One local shop has set up their 
gas board so they can do exactly this already.

You can go ahead, Garrett, and live in your little backwater dreamworld 
and state of denial, but the fact is that the rest of the world is 
realizing that narcosis is responsible for or a contributing to a growing 
number of deaths, and this is not a good thing for the industry.

Personally I believe that in the next 5 years adding helium will grow to 
be as popular as nitrox is today.

 Jim

Sender: Garrett Weinberg  Date: 9/21/98 9:58 AM

>And quess what Jim.
>
>While we all preach the benefits of Nitrox and Helium, the vast majority of
>divers still dive on air and even nitrox trained divers dive on air becuase
>the price of nitrox is "more expensive" and the "effort more troublesome"
>than worth.
>
>The percentage of stores in the Seattle area that pump Nitrox is under 10%.
>
>The percentage of stores in the Seattle area that pump Trimix is under 1%.
>
>The percentage of "recreational" divers willing to invest in their own mixing
>facilities for Nitrox or Trimix is pretty close to zero.
>
>That's the reality.


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