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In a message dated 4/4/99 12:44:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, adb@on*.ca* writes: << did enough deep air during my misspent youth that 57 metres scares the shit right out of me. You may get away with it one time, two times, three times, but not if you keep doing it. Knowing that you've gotten into a situation that you need to back out of _slowly_, _now_, because you've left yourself no margin for error, is the first step to becoming a recovered ex-deep-air diver. >> I've been lurking this list for awhile and thought I might just say hi. Back in the bad old days everybody dove air on deep dives. I've done it myself many times. When I started diving in 1965 I wasn't even aware there was another way to do it. When I did the Andrea Doria in 1983 nobody was doing anything other than air, and some of my buddies were seeing the bottom at 240 and even 260 on air. I know people who dove the Monitor on air. I'm sure there are many people on this list that have done more extreme air dives than that, and some of them are even still alive. I stopped diving below 130 or so just because everything was on air. I also had started the first of a family of four in 1983. With the current technology, mixed gas availability, a little further training, I may consider some of the deeper dives once again. I've just been doing a little nitrox and freediving the last few years but have been interested in the possibilities of mixed gas for quite some time. My observation is that there are some contributors here with solid experience and knowledge. Thanks to the good guys who have made it informative and interesting, and who are secure enough in themselves not to have to run someone else down to try to feed their insecurity or cover up a lack of social skills. It is these people that pass knowledge effectively through open, respectful discussion. We are all in a continuing apprenticeship in this sport. The more we learn, the more we find there is to learn. To pretend otherwise is to delude only oneself. So there's my introduction, two cents worth, and philosophy. Hi. Mark Jacobs Annapolis MD NAUI 5437 -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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