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There has got to be some sushi for this guy. Who is it? I wasted time telling the guy he is silly and got sucked in. Jeff Ken Sallot wrote: > Thanks for posting the deco schedules and your wealth of experience on > deep stops. I haven't laughed that hard since I read the post about > using a long tube gavin for "digging". > > Ken > > Mike Rodriguez wrote: > > > > At 05:31 AM 4/2/99 -0600, Jess Armantrout wrote: > > > > >>The purpose of deep-stops is to reduce the fatigue (generally > > >>believed to be sub-clinical DCS) that is often associated > > >>with deep/deco diving. > > > > > > > > >no, it is for all symptoms of dcs. > > > > >From the Decom help file: > > > > "Divers utilizing deep stops report a lessened degree of > > fatigue." > > > > I agree that deep-stops reduce all symptoms of DCS, not just > > fatigue; however, in my conversations with divers who use > > deep stops, I've found that most use them to reduce fatigue, > > not to reduce other DCS symptoms. This seems to be because > > fatigue is very common after diving, while more serious > > DCS symptoms are rare. Also, most of the divers I've > > spoken to use conservative deco schedules rather than deep- > > stops to help avoid DCS. If they also use deep-stops, they > > do so to reduce fatigue. > > > > So, in this context, I stand behind my original statement. > > > > >>Note that deep-stops have not been demonstrated to decrease > > >>the incidence of DCS, however deep-stops will almost > > >>certainly NOT INCREASE the incidence of DCS. > > >> > > > > > > > > >yes, deep stops have been demonstrated to decrease the incidence of dcs in > > >Richard Pyle and in the WKPP mixed gas exploration divers. Failure to de > > >them has been demonstrated to increase dcs in the same subjects. > > > > >From the Decom help file: > > > > "The numbers are not in on any reduction of DCS > > from this method. It will however NOT increase your rate > > of DCS incidence." > > > > If there is newer information available, please point us to > > it. I'm very interested in reading it. > > > > >>Effectively, deeps-stops slow your ascent to prevent > > >>sub-clinical DCS from beginning in your saturated > > >>fast tissues yet keep your ascent fast enough to prevent > > >>your slow tissues from loading up on N2/He. In practice, > > >>deep-stops add only a few (~5) minutes of deco time to > > >>the typical tech dive. > > >> > > > > > > > > >no, done correctly deep stops reduce deco time > > > > Generated by Decom: > > > > Deep stops = YES > > Total deco time = *94* > > Depth Time DT > > 200 30 30 > > 120 1 34 > > 110 1 35 > > 100 1 36 > > 90 1 37 > > 80 1 38 > > 70 3 41 > > 60 6 47 > > 50 7 54 > > 40 14 68 > > 30 20 88 > > 20 15 103 > > 10 24 127 > > > > Deep stops = NO > > Total deco time = *90* > > Depth Time DT > > 200 30 30 > > 80 3 37 > > 70 3 40 > > 60 6 46 > > 50 7 53 > > 40 14 67 > > 30 18 85 > > 20 15 100 > > 10 24 124 > > > > -Mike Rodriguez > > <mikey@ma*.co*> > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > -- > "What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate > is first-rate." > -- Doris Lessing > (British writer) > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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