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Capt JT wrote:

> I've watched these posts and they run border line to maybe causing someone
> to hurt their self.
> Mike like most on this list uses the programs available to him (Decom ,
> Abyss, ect.) And now he is being told to make his own , that these tools
> are wrong.Most on this list do not have the time , resources, training, and
> skill to come up with personalized tables other than what these programs on
> the market let you do.So what he should be told (and he knows this I'm
> sure) is they work, but could be better.To tell this list to start making
> ones own will surely cause someone to get hurt.This falls in place just
> like many of the things I've seen on this list- - -
> Just like when Jim told a diver to just buy a set of doubles and consider
> himself certified doubles diver ( Not picking on you Jim , just an
> example)Those of us who run trips deal with this problem every year.And its
> getting worse.This list promotes training on the net and some who get this
> internet training get it turned  around or should not move on to tech
> diving until a time they able to handle the mental stress of these kinds of
> dives.Gear just like these home made tables are part of a divers tools , if
> a diver does not have the skill to began with there is not anyway to
> configure his gear or kind of gear to make him a tech diver.What am I
> saying is this- the gear does not make the diver , but the diver is the key
> to the gear.Proper gear will surely enhance what is already there , but
> will not make him a good diver.Another point from a resent trend is the Reg
> switching , at our last Vatech meeting it was openly talked about and a
> diver following the posts had misunderstand the part about the second stage
> being only finger tight to change it , he was thinking the hose at the 1st
> stage (leading to the second stage) was to be loose . Just because you
> understand it when you post it, does not mean that the person reading it
> understands it the way you did.As I have said before You Can Not Learn to
> Dive on this LIST , at Some Point You Must Get in the WATER
>
> CaptJT
>
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